Iridium 11 - 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 25578U 98074B   13140.48716461  .00000137  00000-0  41892-4 0  4096
2 25578 086.3967 157.8911 0002533 106.7153 041.8912 14.34218200764025
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:41:31
Eccentricity: 0.0002533
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.8911°
argument of perigee: 106.7153°
revolutions per day: 14.34218200
mean anomaly at epoch: 41.8912°
orbit number at epoch: 76402

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

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