Iridium 66 - 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 25289U 98021E   13140.47927957  .00000162  00000-0  50880-4 0  2363
2 25289 086.3958 126.0791 0002271 106.2443 052.0858 14.34219367791639
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:30:09
Eccentricity: 0.0002271
inclination: 86.3958°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.0791°
argument of perigee: 106.2443°
revolutions per day: 14.34219367
mean anomaly at epoch: 52.0858°
orbit number at epoch: 79163

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

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