Milstar 3 - 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 25724U 99023A   13074.07874389 0.00000060  00000-0  74783-3 0    05
2 25724  28.2395  46.5224 2135416   1.5415 358.4580  9.37439698    03
Epoch (UTC): 15 March 2013 01:53:23
Eccentricity: 0.2135416
inclination: 28.2395°
perigee height: 1094 km
apogee height: 5152 km
right ascension of ascending node: 46.5224°
argument of perigee: 1.5415°
revolutions per day: 9.37439698
mean anomaly at epoch: 358.4580°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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