Iridium 95 - 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 27375U 02005D   13144.52105659  .00000299  00000-0  99531-4 0  8166
2 27375 086.3995 187.9382 0002289 110.9874 249.1567 14.34223797598115
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:30:19
Eccentricity: 0.0002289
inclination: 86.3995°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 187.9382°
argument of perigee: 110.9874°
revolutions per day: 14.34223797
mean anomaly at epoch: 249.1567°
orbit number at epoch: 59811

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

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