Iridium 65 - 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 25288U 98021D   13142.49406045  .00000151  00000-0  46808-4 0  2965
2 25288 086.3959 125.3203 0002397 107.2105 039.9498 14.34212637791923
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 11:51:26
Eccentricity: 0.0002397
inclination: 86.3959°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 125.3203°
argument of perigee: 107.2105°
revolutions per day: 14.34212637
mean anomaly at epoch: 39.9498°
orbit number at epoch: 79192

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

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