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IRIDIUM 143 - 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 43258U 18030K   24357.93471139 -.00000187  00000-0 -73912-4 0  9996
2 43258  86.3995 156.7967 0001481 106.4557 253.6802 14.34218153352544
Epoch (UTC): 22 December 2024 22:25:59
Eccentricity: 0.0001481
inclination: 86.3995°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.7967°
argument of perigee: 106.4557°
revolutions per day: 14.34218153
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.6802°
orbit number at epoch: 35254

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

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