Iridium 90 - 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 27373U 02005B   13142.40035355  .00000517  00000-0  14875-3 0  8401
2 27373 086.4486 251.4441 0001609 263.7821 096.3196 14.42954126596952
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 09:36:30
Eccentricity: 0.0001609
inclination: 86.4486°
perigee height: 747 km
apogee height: 750 km
right ascension of ascending node: 251.4441°
argument of perigee: 263.7821°
revolutions per day: 14.42954126
mean anomaly at epoch: 96.3196°
orbit number at epoch: 59695

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

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