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IRIDIUM 118 - 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 42807U 17039E   24357.97961761  .00000017  00000-0 -98598-6 0  9992
2 42807  86.3985 219.7663 0001927  85.5658 274.5758 14.34217377392384
Epoch (UTC): 22 December 2024 23:30:38
Eccentricity: 0.0001927
inclination: 86.3985°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.7663°
argument of perigee: 85.5658°
revolutions per day: 14.34217377
mean anomaly at epoch: 274.5758°
orbit number at epoch: 39238

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

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