IRS-1A 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 18961U 88021B   13141.96759291  .00000207  00000-0  16776-3 0  3120
2 18961 099.2226 105.3808 0055059 345.8301 057.6463 14.00655448287218
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 23:13:20
Eccentricity: 0.0055059
inclination: 99.2226°
perigee height: 851 km
apogee height: 931 km
right ascension of ascending node: 105.3808°
argument of perigee: 345.8301°
revolutions per day: 14.00655448
mean anomaly at epoch: 57.6463°
orbit number at epoch: 28721

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

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