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   13140.34634189  .00004554  00000-0  33064-3 0  7611
2 25527 085.5633 182.2051 0011287 100.9579 344.1046 15.03589761793031
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 08:18:43
Eccentricity: 0.0011287
inclination: 85.5633°
perigee height: 548 km
apogee height: 563 km
right ascension of ascending node: 182.2051°
argument of perigee: 100.9579°
revolutions per day: 15.03589761
mean anomaly at epoch: 344.1046°
orbit number at epoch: 79303

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

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