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   13140.50915986  .00000154  00000-0  47809-4 0  3266
2 25342 086.3964 126.4425 0002245 109.2468 006.9057 14.34219451785721
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:13:11
Eccentricity: 0.0002245
inclination: 86.3964°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.4425°
argument of perigee: 109.2468°
revolutions per day: 14.34219451
mean anomaly at epoch: 6.9057°
orbit number at epoch: 78572

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

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