Iridium 97 - 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 27450U 02031A   13142.30460623  .00000365  00000-0  12329-3 0  7148
2 27450 086.3988 220.3628 0004106 081.5747 278.5914 14.34221150577118
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 07:18:37
Eccentricity: 0.0004106
inclination: 86.3988°
perigee height: 775 km
apogee height: 780 km
right ascension of ascending node: 220.3628°
argument of perigee: 81.5747°
revolutions per day: 14.34221150
mean anomaly at epoch: 278.5914°
orbit number at epoch: 57711

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

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