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   13142.44750978  .00000412  00000-0  14018-3 0  1276
2 25530 086.3972 251.4418 0002336 109.8304 250.3143 14.34221826763902
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 10:44:24
Eccentricity: 0.0002336
inclination: 86.3972°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 251.4418°
argument of perigee: 109.8304°
revolutions per day: 14.34221826
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.3143°
orbit number at epoch: 76390

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

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