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   13140.49616771  .00000157  00000-0  48879-4 0  2518
2 25431 086.3973 157.9262 0002366 113.4636 048.8749 14.34218478772239
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:54:28
Eccentricity: 0.0002366
inclination: 86.3973°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.9262°
argument of perigee: 113.4636°
revolutions per day: 14.34218478
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.8749°
orbit number at epoch: 77223

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

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