NOAA 12 - 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 21263U 91032A   13170.50957662  .00000041  00000-0  35977-4 0  8675
2 21263 098.6966 195.8779 0013549 208.3935 273.4083 14.25571174148881
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 12:13:47
Eccentricity: 0.0013549
inclination: 98.6966°
perigee height: 797 km
apogee height: 816 km
right ascension of ascending node: 195.8779°
argument of perigee: 208.3935°
revolutions per day: 14.25571174
mean anomaly at epoch: 273.4083°
orbit number at epoch: 14888

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

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