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   13169.44550850  .00000296  00000-0  82506-4 0  8733
2 27373 086.4477 240.1456 0004843 160.6464 199.4921 14.42960218600859
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 10:41:31
Eccentricity: 0.0004843
inclination: 86.4477°
perigee height: 745 km
apogee height: 752 km
right ascension of ascending node: 240.1456°
argument of perigee: 160.6464°
revolutions per day: 14.42960218
mean anomaly at epoch: 199.4921°
orbit number at epoch: 60085

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

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