Iridium 72 - 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 25343U 98032B   13170.43131797  .00000218  00000-0  70731-4 0  3465
2 25343 086.3986 113.6493 0002350 100.5714 036.8550 14.34219864790010
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 10:21:05
Eccentricity: 0.0002350
inclination: 86.3986°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.6493°
argument of perigee: 100.5714°
revolutions per day: 14.34219864
mean anomaly at epoch: 36.8550°
orbit number at epoch: 79001

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

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