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   13139.50306863  .00000117  00000-0  34745-4 0  4084
2 25578 086.3968 158.3021 0002526 106.8418 003.9080 14.34217600763882
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:04:25
Eccentricity: 0.0002526
inclination: 86.3968°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.3021°
argument of perigee: 106.8418°
revolutions per day: 14.34217600
mean anomaly at epoch: 3.9080°
orbit number at epoch: 76388

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

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