NOAA 12 - 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 21263U 91032A   13144.39838410  .00000079  00000-0  51956-4 0  8364
2 21263 098.6980 169.9720 0012647 289.4126 184.4438 14.25565993145160
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 09:33:40
Eccentricity: 0.0012647
inclination: 98.6980°
perigee height: 797 km
apogee height: 815 km
right ascension of ascending node: 169.9720°
argument of perigee: 289.4126°
revolutions per day: 14.25565993
mean anomaly at epoch: 184.4438°
orbit number at epoch: 14516

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

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