Iridium 59 - 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 25275U 98019D   13142.40897259  .00000298  00000-0  99315-4 0  8846
2 25275 086.3986 188.7845 0002258 109.5031 250.6409 14.34223395792965
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 09:48:55
Eccentricity: 0.0002258
inclination: 86.3986°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.7845°
argument of perigee: 109.5031°
revolutions per day: 14.34223395
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.6409°
orbit number at epoch: 79296

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

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