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   13144.44864791  .00000531  00000-0  15292-3 0  8126
2 27451 086.4444 282.9393 0004162 065.6614 356.3714 14.42952179578102
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 10:46:03
Eccentricity: 0.0004162
inclination: 86.4444°
perigee height: 746 km
apogee height: 752 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.9393°
argument of perigee: 65.6614°
revolutions per day: 14.42952179
mean anomaly at epoch: 356.3714°
orbit number at epoch: 57810

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

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