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   13142.79736777  .00028774  00000-0  46600-3 0  9400
2 29659 098.0832 048.1379 0020086 225.7209 165.9096 15.52539898359321
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 19:08:12
Eccentricity: 0.0020086
inclination: 98.0832°
perigee height: 395 km
apogee height: 423 km
right ascension of ascending node: 48.1379°
argument of perigee: 225.7209°
revolutions per day: 15.52539898
mean anomaly at epoch: 165.9096°
orbit number at epoch: 35932

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

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