Iridium 91 - 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 27372U 02005A   13170.46599444  .00000039  00000-0  67467-5 0  8878
2 27372 086.3988 177.3150 0002012 033.0230 117.2956 14.34214827602549
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 11:11:01
Eccentricity: 0.0002012
inclination: 86.3988°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 177.3150°
argument of perigee: 33.0230°
revolutions per day: 14.34214827
mean anomaly at epoch: 117.2956°
orbit number at epoch: 60254

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

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