Iridium 21 - 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 25778U 99032B   13140.49610244  .00000163  00000-0  51261-4 0  2487
2 25778 086.3959 126.2460 0000950 098.0896 048.8679 14.34219338734730
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:54:23
Eccentricity: 0.0000950
inclination: 86.3959°
perigee height: 777 km
apogee height: 778 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.2460°
argument of perigee: 98.0896°
revolutions per day: 14.34219338
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.8679°
orbit number at epoch: 73473

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

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