YAOGAN 6 - 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 34839U 09021A   13139.85201898  .00006797  00000-0  33735-3 0  5682
2 34839 097.3224 223.8114 0001307 136.6988 357.5509 15.18009773226037
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 20:26:54
Eccentricity: 0.0001307
inclination: 97.3224°
perigee height: 511 km
apogee height: 513 km
right ascension of ascending node: 223.8114°
argument of perigee: 136.6988°
revolutions per day: 15.18009773
mean anomaly at epoch: 357.5509°
orbit number at epoch: 22603

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

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