YAOGAN 1 - 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 29092U 06015A   13168.74913631  .00000238  00000-0  37312-4 0  4445
2 29092 097.9545 161.2390 0001507 110.4205 301.9830 14.81252726386033
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 17:58:45
Eccentricity: 0.0001507
inclination: 97.9545°
perigee height: 624 km
apogee height: 626 km
right ascension of ascending node: 161.2390°
argument of perigee: 110.4205°
revolutions per day: 14.81252726
mean anomaly at epoch: 301.9830°
orbit number at epoch: 38603

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

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