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   13137.45298934  .00000194  00000-0  62084-4 0  4214
2 25467 086.3940 285.5593 0002776 107.6941 252.4558 14.34217755772807
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 10:52:18
Eccentricity: 0.0002776
inclination: 86.3940°
perigee height: 775 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.5593°
argument of perigee: 107.6941°
revolutions per day: 14.34217755
mean anomaly at epoch: 252.4558°
orbit number at epoch: 77280

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

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