SL-8 R/B - 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 29659U 06060B   13141.33063576  .00029248  00000-0  47531-3 0  9398
2 29659 098.0829 046.4881 0019920 231.2380 248.1650 15.52444151359094
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 07:56:06
Eccentricity: 0.0019920
inclination: 98.0829°
perigee height: 396 km
apogee height: 423 km
right ascension of ascending node: 46.4881°
argument of perigee: 231.2380°
revolutions per day: 15.52444151
mean anomaly at epoch: 248.1650°
orbit number at epoch: 35909

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

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