Iridium 98 - 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 27451U 02031B   13139.45012552  .00000449  00000-0  12837-3 0  8075
2 27451 086.4435 285.0316 0004562 075.5562 317.6084 14.42947879577387
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:48:10
Eccentricity: 0.0004562
inclination: 86.4435°
perigee height: 745 km
apogee height: 752 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.0316°
argument of perigee: 75.5562°
revolutions per day: 14.42947879
mean anomaly at epoch: 317.6084°
orbit number at epoch: 57738

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

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