Iridium 76 - 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 25432U 98048B   13140.51348581  .00000161  00000-0  50355-4 0  1913
2 25432 086.3968 157.7207 0002027 109.4208 044.1157 14.34221884772221
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:19:25
Eccentricity: 0.0002027
inclination: 86.3968°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.7207°
argument of perigee: 109.4208°
revolutions per day: 14.34221884
mean anomaly at epoch: 44.1157°
orbit number at epoch: 77222

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

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