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   13138.48512892  .00000486  00000-0  13933-3 0  8067
2 27451 086.4434 285.4356 0004619 077.2053 346.3763 14.42946385577240
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:38:35
Eccentricity: 0.0004619
inclination: 86.4434°
perigee height: 745 km
apogee height: 752 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.4356°
argument of perigee: 77.2053°
revolutions per day: 14.42946385
mean anomaly at epoch: 346.3763°
orbit number at epoch: 57724

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

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