Iridium 15 - 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 24869U 97034A   13137.45113552  .00000371  00000-0  12524-3 0  4053
2 24869 086.3948 285.3081 0002281 106.3160 309.7366 14.34215894830103
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 10:49:38
Eccentricity: 0.0002281
inclination: 86.3948°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.3081°
argument of perigee: 106.3160°
revolutions per day: 14.34215894
mean anomaly at epoch: 309.7366°
orbit number at epoch: 83010

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

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