Iridium 37 - 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 24968U 97056D   13139.34260534  .00000448  00000-0  15272-3 0  3316
2 24968 086.3996 221.5203 0002316 109.5295 250.6151 14.34220158818995
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 08:13:21
Eccentricity: 0.0002316
inclination: 86.3996°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 221.5203°
argument of perigee: 109.5295°
revolutions per day: 14.34220158
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.6151°
orbit number at epoch: 81899

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

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