Iridium 82 - 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 25467U 98051A   13139.47627421  .00000385  00000-0  13036-3 0  4231
2 25467 086.3943 284.7125 0002728 105.4196 254.7302 14.34221194773093
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 11:25:50
Eccentricity: 0.0002728
inclination: 86.3943°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.7125°
argument of perigee: 105.4196°
revolutions per day: 14.34221194
mean anomaly at epoch: 254.7302°
orbit number at epoch: 77309

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

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