ERS-2 - 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 23560U 95021A   13144.06427885  .00006541  00000-0  45266-3 0  6715
2 23560 098.5488 295.2997 0003546 253.6609 241.3229 15.06084489950622
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 01:32:33
Eccentricity: 0.0003546
inclination: 98.5488°
perigee height: 546 km
apogee height: 550 km
right ascension of ascending node: 295.2997°
argument of perigee: 253.6609°
revolutions per day: 15.06084489
mean anomaly at epoch: 241.3229°
orbit number at epoch: 95062

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

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