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   13142.41580182  .00000401  00000-0  13604-3 0  4796
2 25528 086.3971 251.3163 0002507 117.2277 242.9175 14.34221575766261
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 09:58:45
Eccentricity: 0.0002507
inclination: 86.3971°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 251.3163°
argument of perigee: 117.2277°
revolutions per day: 14.34221575
mean anomaly at epoch: 242.9175°
orbit number at epoch: 76626

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

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