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   13170.38536375  .00000301  00000-0  83953-4 0  8442
2 27451 086.4457 272.0894 0000869 358.2344 069.2694 14.42948984581844
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 09:14:55
Eccentricity: 0.0000869
inclination: 86.4457°
perigee height: 748 km
apogee height: 749 km
right ascension of ascending node: 272.0894°
argument of perigee: 358.2344°
revolutions per day: 14.42948984
mean anomaly at epoch: 69.2694°
orbit number at epoch: 58184

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

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