Iridium 52 - 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 25169U 98010A   13138.46745918  .00000499  00000-0  17125-3 0   533
2 25169 086.3978 253.3950 0002298 109.0621 299.7598 14.34218982798110
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:13:08
Eccentricity: 0.0002298
inclination: 86.3978°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.3950°
argument of perigee: 109.0621°
revolutions per day: 14.34218982
mean anomaly at epoch: 299.7598°
orbit number at epoch: 79811

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

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