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   13145.49053756  .00000489  00000-0  14018-3 0  8142
2 27451 086.4445 282.5034 0004050 063.7508 007.0631 14.42953275578250
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 11:46:22
Eccentricity: 0.0004050
inclination: 86.4445°
perigee height: 746 km
apogee height: 751 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.5034°
argument of perigee: 63.7508°
revolutions per day: 14.42953275
mean anomaly at epoch: 7.0631°
orbit number at epoch: 57825

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

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