Iridium 46 - 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 24905U 97043C   13168.50273122  .00000054  00000-0  12248-4 0  4124
2 24905 086.3990 146.4317 0002409 103.4299 014.1384 14.34219268828465
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 12:03:55
Eccentricity: 0.0002409
inclination: 86.3990°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 146.4317°
argument of perigee: 103.4299°
revolutions per day: 14.34219268
mean anomaly at epoch: 14.1384°
orbit number at epoch: 82846

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

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