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IRIDIUM 100 - 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 42956U 17061B   24358.10989156  .00000286  00000-0  94966-4 0  9996
2 42956  86.3968 251.2604 0001786  83.9457 276.1942 14.34218460377243
Epoch (UTC): 23 December 2024 02:38:14
Eccentricity: 0.0001786
inclination: 86.3968°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 251.2604°
argument of perigee: 83.9457°
revolutions per day: 14.34218460
mean anomaly at epoch: 276.1942°
orbit number at epoch: 37724

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

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