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   13138.49951644  .00000421  00000-0  14319-3 0  4224
2 25467 086.3941 285.1212 0002754 106.4039 253.7460 14.34219933772955
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:59:18
Eccentricity: 0.0002754
inclination: 86.3941°
perigee height: 775 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.1212°
argument of perigee: 106.4039°
revolutions per day: 14.34219933
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.7460°
orbit number at epoch: 77295

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

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