Iridium 77 - 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 25471U 98051E   13142.46966060  .00000321  00000-0  10759-3 0  4255
2 25471 086.3953 283.0989 0002257 120.2799 303.6951 14.34220081774943
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 11:16:18
Eccentricity: 0.0002257
inclination: 86.3953°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 283.0989°
argument of perigee: 120.2799°
revolutions per day: 14.34220081
mean anomaly at epoch: 303.6951°
orbit number at epoch: 77494

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

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