Iridium 21 - 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 25778U 99032B   13170.42736677  .00000226  00000-0  73645-4 0  2831
2 25778 086.3988 113.7396 0002658 129.9998 019.7708 14.34220026739028
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 10:15:24
Eccentricity: 0.0002658
inclination: 86.3988°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.7396°
argument of perigee: 129.9998°
revolutions per day: 14.34220026
mean anomaly at epoch: 19.7708°
orbit number at epoch: 73902

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

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