SPOT 1/Viking Rocket - 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 16615U 86019C   13142.16393712  .00000209  00000-0  96769-4 0  1080
2 16615 098.8106 183.8628 0013066 092.0083 304.4134 14.31061666426765
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 03:56:04
Eccentricity: 0.0013066
inclination: 98.8106°
perigee height: 779 km
apogee height: 797 km
right ascension of ascending node: 183.8628°
argument of perigee: 92.0083°
revolutions per day: 14.31061666
mean anomaly at epoch: 304.4134°
orbit number at epoch: 42676

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

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