Sapphire - 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 26932U 01043D   13142.81791691  .00000063  00000-0  56459-4 0  3416
2 26932 067.0576 325.5297 0006284 297.0470 158.6800 14.29869351607848
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 19:37:48
Eccentricity: 0.0006284
inclination: 67.0576°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 796 km
right ascension of ascending node: 325.5297°
argument of perigee: 297.0470°
revolutions per day: 14.29869351
mean anomaly at epoch: 158.6800°
orbit number at epoch: 60784

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

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