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Iridium 8 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 24792U 97020A   17328.50355308  .99999999 -17679-5  36908-3 0  9999
2 24792  86.3363 249.3166 0025759 119.9357 245.3296 16.58206397 76471
Epoch (UTC): 24 November 2017 12:05:06
Eccentricity: 0.0025759
inclination: 86.3363°
perigee height: 101 km
apogee height: 134 km
right ascension of ascending node: 249.3166°
argument of perigee: 119.9357°
revolutions per day: 16.58206397
mean anomaly at epoch: 245.3296°

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

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