Iridium 86 - 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 25528U 98066B   13144.43908219  .00000482  00000-0  16497-3 0  4810
2 25528 086.3970 250.4707 0002544 116.7189 243.4268 14.34223688766559
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 10:32:16
Eccentricity: 0.0002544
inclination: 86.3970°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 250.4707°
argument of perigee: 116.7189°
revolutions per day: 14.34223688
mean anomaly at epoch: 243.4268°
orbit number at epoch: 76655

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

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