Iridium 72 - 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 25343U 98032B   13139.45581486  .00000189  00000-0  60601-4 0  3086
2 25343 086.3958 126.5925 0002286 105.0825 041.3772 14.34218574785572
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:56:22
Eccentricity: 0.0002286
inclination: 86.3958°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.5925°
argument of perigee: 105.0825°
revolutions per day: 14.34218574
mean anomaly at epoch: 41.3772°
orbit number at epoch: 78557

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

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