Iridium 3 - 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 25431U 98048A   13138.47062557  .00000200  00000-0  64498-4 0  2480
2 25431 086.3972 158.7725 0002361 114.2297 036.4714 14.34221198771943
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:17:42
Eccentricity: 0.0002361
inclination: 86.3972°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.7725°
argument of perigee: 114.2297°
revolutions per day: 14.34221198
mean anomaly at epoch: 36.4714°
orbit number at epoch: 77194

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

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