Iridium 65 - 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 25288U 98021D   13170.40164826  .00000229  00000-0  74667-4 0  3270
2 25288 086.3986 113.6597 0002439 097.8315 050.1219 14.34219380795925
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 09:38:22
Eccentricity: 0.0002439
inclination: 86.3986°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.6597°
argument of perigee: 97.8315°
revolutions per day: 14.34219380
mean anomaly at epoch: 50.1219°
orbit number at epoch: 79592

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

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