Iridium 63 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 25286U 98021B   13139.48119317  .00000189  00000-0  60454-4 0  3214
2 25286 086.3963 126.7790 0002136 104.0594 042.4235 14.34219353791492
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 11:32:55
Eccentricity: 0.0002136
inclination: 86.3963°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.7790°
argument of perigee: 104.0594°
revolutions per day: 14.34219353
mean anomaly at epoch: 42.4235°
orbit number at epoch: 79149

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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