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   13144.48618451  .00000098  00000-0  27770-4 0  3350
2 25346 086.3967 124.6891 0002285 104.4073 045.5694 14.34212618786868
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:40:06
Eccentricity: 0.0002285
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 124.6891°
argument of perigee: 104.4073°
revolutions per day: 14.34212618
mean anomaly at epoch: 45.5694°
orbit number at epoch: 78686

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

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