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   13170.44426155  .00000226  00000-0  73539-4 0  3626
2 25342 086.3992 113.9362 0002514 101.6279 037.1280 14.34219764790017
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 10:39:44
Eccentricity: 0.0002514
inclination: 86.3992°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.9362°
argument of perigee: 101.6279°
revolutions per day: 14.34219764
mean anomaly at epoch: 37.1280°
orbit number at epoch: 79001

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

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