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   13138.67269255  .00000207  00000-0  66882-4 0  2493
2 25431 086.3971 158.6880 0002371 114.3753 358.9780 14.34221441771971
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 16:08:40
Eccentricity: 0.0002371
inclination: 86.3971°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.6880°
argument of perigee: 114.3753°
revolutions per day: 14.34221441
mean anomaly at epoch: 358.9780°
orbit number at epoch: 77197

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

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