Iridium 75 - 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 25346U 98032E   13140.50887995  .00000150  00000-0  46555-4 0  3317
2 25346 086.3963 126.3511 0002271 105.1842 042.2598 14.34218988786299
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:12:47
Eccentricity: 0.0002271
inclination: 86.3963°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.3511°
argument of perigee: 105.1842°
revolutions per day: 14.34218988
mean anomaly at epoch: 42.2598°
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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