Iridium 80 - 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 25469U 98051C   13143.43869184  .00000382  00000-0  12924-3 0  2508
2 25469 086.3962 282.9699 0002266 107.0048 309.7881 14.34217631769889
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 10:31:42
Eccentricity: 0.0002266
inclination: 86.3962°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.9699°
argument of perigee: 107.0048°
revolutions per day: 14.34217631
mean anomaly at epoch: 309.7881°
orbit number at epoch: 76988

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

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