Iridium 70 - 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 25342U 98032A   13144.49201072  .00000212  00000-0  68719-4 0  3316
2 25342 086.3971 124.7782 0002287 108.6854 038.6936 14.34220449786294
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:48:29
Eccentricity: 0.0002287
inclination: 86.3971°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 124.7782°
argument of perigee: 108.6854°
revolutions per day: 14.34220449
mean anomaly at epoch: 38.6936°
orbit number at epoch: 78629

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

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