ADEOS II - 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 27597U 02056A   13139.50286300  .00000247  00000-0  11911-3 0   174
2 27597 098.2895 163.4700 0001886 080.6758 041.0187 14.26557711542967
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:04:07
Eccentricity: 0.0001886
inclination: 98.2895°
perigee height: 802 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 163.4700°
argument of perigee: 80.6758°
revolutions per day: 14.26557711
mean anomaly at epoch: 41.0187°
orbit number at epoch: 54296

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

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