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   13138.52373002  .00000209  00000-0  67681-4 0  2349
2 25289 086.3955 126.8966 0002249 106.2069 041.6377 14.34218217791359
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:34:10
Eccentricity: 0.0002249
inclination: 86.3955°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.8966°
argument of perigee: 106.2069°
revolutions per day: 14.34218217
mean anomaly at epoch: 41.6377°
orbit number at epoch: 79135

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

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