Iridium 83 - 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 25531U 98066E   13140.45594993  .00000395  00000-0  13385-3 0  2715
2 25531 086.3975 252.3395 0002273 109.5884 250.5558 14.34220412760976
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:56:34
Eccentricity: 0.0002273
inclination: 86.3975°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.3395°
argument of perigee: 109.5884°
revolutions per day: 14.34220412
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.5558°
orbit number at epoch: 76097

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

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