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   13144.53331017  .00000144  00000-0  44400-4 0  4137
2 25578 086.3971 156.2010 0002602 105.5729 040.8199 14.34213654764604
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:47:57
Eccentricity: 0.0002602
inclination: 86.3971°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.2010°
argument of perigee: 105.5729°
revolutions per day: 14.34213654
mean anomaly at epoch: 40.8199°
orbit number at epoch: 76460

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

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