Lacrosse 4 - 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 26473U 00047A   13135.96145870 0.00000300  00000-0  55872-4 0    03
2 26473  68.0114 100.2683 0007000 277.8198  82.1802 14.64959368    09
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2013 23:04:30
Eccentricity: 0.0007000
inclination: 68.0114°
perigee height: 672 km
apogee height: 682 km
right ascension of ascending node: 100.2683°
argument of perigee: 277.8198°
revolutions per day: 14.64959368
mean anomaly at epoch: 82.1802°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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