ASTRO E2 - 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 28773U 05025A   13145.13623490  .00003520  00000-0  23384-3 0   254
2 28773 031.3829 138.5443 0006320 303.5594 135.7383 15.05487483432625
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 03:16:10
Eccentricity: 0.0006320
inclination: 31.3829°
perigee height: 545 km
apogee height: 554 km
right ascension of ascending node: 138.5443°
argument of perigee: 303.5594°
revolutions per day: 15.05487483
mean anomaly at epoch: 135.7383°
orbit number at epoch: 43262

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

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