Iridium 49 - 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 25108U 97082E   13139.57343748  .00000183  00000-0  58314-4 0  2956
2 25108 086.3966 158.0834 0002336 108.5077 038.0687 14.34221793806863
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 13:45:44
Eccentricity: 0.0002336
inclination: 86.3966°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.0834°
argument of perigee: 108.5077°
revolutions per day: 14.34221793
mean anomaly at epoch: 38.0687°
orbit number at epoch: 80686

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

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