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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 24797U 97020F   13168.86244794  .00000235  00000-0  44967-4 0  4034
2 24797 086.8978 167.6529 0231457 141.8454 287.1379 14.42558099847296
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 20:41:55
Eccentricity: 0.0231457
inclination: 86.8978°
perigee height: 585 km
apogee height: 915 km
right ascension of ascending node: 167.6529°
argument of perigee: 141.8454°
revolutions per day: 14.42558099
mean anomaly at epoch: 287.1379°
orbit number at epoch: 84729

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

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