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   13140.42422761  .00000412  00000-0  13994-3 0  1258
2 25530 086.3972 252.2876 0002319 110.0366 250.1080 14.34220424763611
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:10:53
Eccentricity: 0.0002319
inclination: 86.3972°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.2876°
argument of perigee: 110.0366°
revolutions per day: 14.34220424
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.1080°
orbit number at epoch: 76361

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

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