ADEOS 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 24279U 96046C   13139.45196046  .00000004  00000-0  47203-4 0  4934
2 24279 098.7649 250.4015 0301386 127.6868 277.7763 13.46934176823685
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:50:49
Eccentricity: 0.0301386
inclination: 98.7649°
perigee height: 858 km
apogee height: 1308 km
right ascension of ascending node: 250.4015°
argument of perigee: 127.6868°
revolutions per day: 13.46934176
mean anomaly at epoch: 277.7763°
orbit number at epoch: 82368

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

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