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 33066U 08031G   13139.77875932  .00000248  00000-0  75712-4 0  4934
2 33066 048.4430 232.1123 0008274 301.8331 202.4032 14.68388569263773
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 18:41:24
Eccentricity: 0.0008274
inclination: 48.4430°
perigee height: 660 km
apogee height: 672 km
right ascension of ascending node: 232.1123°
argument of perigee: 301.8331°
revolutions per day: 14.68388569
mean anomaly at epoch: 202.4032°
orbit number at epoch: 26377

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

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