Iridium 2 - 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 25527U 98066A   13143.28224269  .00003331  00000-0  24104-3 0  7641
2 25527 085.5623 180.5195 0011296 093.8380 032.5704 15.03614637793478
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 06:46:25
Eccentricity: 0.0011296
inclination: 85.5623°
perigee height: 548 km
apogee height: 563 km
right ascension of ascending node: 180.5195°
argument of perigee: 93.8380°
revolutions per day: 15.03614637
mean anomaly at epoch: 32.5704°
orbit number at epoch: 79347

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

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