ERS-1 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 21610U 91050F   13142.15071796  .00000314  00000-0  11465-3 0  2173
2 21610 098.7620 153.1341 0004056 068.8215 330.8336 14.39904678146038
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 03:37:02
Eccentricity: 0.0004056
inclination: 98.7620°
perigee height: 756 km
apogee height: 762 km
right ascension of ascending node: 153.1341°
argument of perigee: 68.8215°
revolutions per day: 14.39904678
mean anomaly at epoch: 330.8336°
orbit number at epoch: 14603

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

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