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   13145.46886295  .00000113  00000-0  33131-4 0  1966
2 25432 086.3970 155.6509 0002061 110.5265 052.3539 14.34214935772932
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 11:15:09
Eccentricity: 0.0002061
inclination: 86.3970°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 155.6509°
argument of perigee: 110.5265°
revolutions per day: 14.34214935
mean anomaly at epoch: 52.3539°
orbit number at epoch: 77293

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

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