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   13168.49208582  .00000017  00000-0  38790-4 0  3619
2 26932 067.0570 259.3653 0007247 294.5814 179.5120 14.29875238611513
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 11:48:36
Eccentricity: 0.0007247
inclination: 67.0570°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 797 km
right ascension of ascending node: 259.3653°
argument of perigee: 294.5814°
revolutions per day: 14.29875238
mean anomaly at epoch: 179.5120°
orbit number at epoch: 61151

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

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