Iridium 68 - 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 25291U 98021G   13144.43811298  .00000226  00000-0  73529-4 0  2968
2 25291 086.3967 124.6291 0002231 105.7775 254.3667 14.34212702792181
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 10:30:52
Eccentricity: 0.0002231
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 124.6291°
argument of perigee: 105.7775°
revolutions per day: 14.34212702
mean anomaly at epoch: 254.3667°
orbit number at epoch: 79218

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

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