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   13142.50309339  .00000116  00000-0  34529-4 0  4112
2 25578 086.3967 157.0489 0002516 105.6836 004.9595 14.34218947764311
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 12:04:27
Eccentricity: 0.0002516
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.0489°
argument of perigee: 105.6836°
revolutions per day: 14.34218947
mean anomaly at epoch: 4.9595°
orbit number at epoch: 76431

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

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