ADEOS 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 24279U 96046C   13137.15768453  .00000019  00000-0  66740-4 0  4928
2 24279 098.7643 248.3891 0301397 133.5137 312.9382 13.46933626823378
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 03:47:03
Eccentricity: 0.0301397
inclination: 98.7643°
perigee height: 858 km
apogee height: 1308 km
right ascension of ascending node: 248.3891°
argument of perigee: 133.5137°
revolutions per day: 13.46933626
mean anomaly at epoch: 312.9382°
orbit number at epoch: 82337

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

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