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   13170.50368135  .00002089  00000-0  14973-3 0  7953
2 25527 085.5610 164.8800 0008162 009.5436 136.9057 15.03776598797565
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 12:05:18
Eccentricity: 0.0008162
inclination: 85.5610°
perigee height: 549 km
apogee height: 561 km
right ascension of ascending node: 164.8800°
argument of perigee: 9.5436°
revolutions per day: 15.03776598
mean anomaly at epoch: 136.9057°
orbit number at epoch: 79756

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

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