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   13169.43159220  .00000234  00000-0  76383-4 0  2670
2 25289 086.3985 113.9809 0002409 101.3148 048.5215 14.34219347795780
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 10:21:29
Eccentricity: 0.0002409
inclination: 86.3985°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.9809°
argument of perigee: 101.3148°
revolutions per day: 14.34219347
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.5215°
orbit number at epoch: 79578

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

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