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   13144.54112951  .00000109  00000-0  31699-4 0  2527
2 25778 086.3965 124.5555 0001026 116.2068 022.7325 14.34212930735317
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:59:13
Eccentricity: 0.0001026
inclination: 86.3965°
perigee height: 777 km
apogee height: 778 km
right ascension of ascending node: 124.5555°
argument of perigee: 116.2068°
revolutions per day: 14.34212930
mean anomaly at epoch: 22.7325°
orbit number at epoch: 73531

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

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