Iridium 70 - 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 25342U 98032A   13142.46855133  .00000158  00000-0  49279-4 0  3289
2 25342 086.3967 125.6236 0002275 108.9359 037.5348 14.34219982786007
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 11:14:42
Eccentricity: 0.0002275
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 125.6236°
argument of perigee: 108.9359°
revolutions per day: 14.34219982
mean anomaly at epoch: 37.5348°
orbit number at epoch: 78600

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

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