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   13142.44010600  .00000050  00000-0  10941-4 0  2537
2 25431 086.3973 157.1143 0002421 113.5702 359.3388 14.34218583772513
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 10:33:45
Eccentricity: 0.0002421
inclination: 86.3973°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.1143°
argument of perigee: 113.5702°
revolutions per day: 14.34218583
mean anomaly at epoch: 359.3388°
orbit number at epoch: 77251

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

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