Iridium 84 - 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 25530U 98066D   13144.88940475  .00000813  00000-0  28333-3 0  1314
2 25530 086.3972 250.4215 0002282 109.1998 250.9445 14.34212257764256
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 21:20:44
Eccentricity: 0.0002282
inclination: 86.3972°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 250.4215°
argument of perigee: 109.1998°
revolutions per day: 14.34212257
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.9445°
orbit number at epoch: 76425

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

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