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   13140.46130694  .00000158  00000-0  49377-4 0  2925
2 25291 086.3960 126.2910 0002218 106.3848 253.7592 14.34219210791611
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:04:16
Eccentricity: 0.0002218
inclination: 86.3960°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.2910°
argument of perigee: 106.3848°
revolutions per day: 14.34219210
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.7592°
orbit number at epoch: 79161

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

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