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Iridium 4 Rocket - 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 24797U          26020.24747242 +.00000000 +00000-0 +22805-3 0 00004
2 24797  86.8935 282.0276 0212739 276.2506 196.8156 14.47735758    06
Epoch (UTC): 20 January 2026 05:56:21
Eccentricity: 0.0212739
inclination: 86.8935°
perigee height: 582 km
apogee height: 884 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.0276°
argument of perigee: 276.2506°
revolutions per day: 14.47735758
mean anomaly at epoch: 196.8156°

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

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