SL-08 R/B - 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 27561U 02054C   13140.06830722  .00000427  00000-0  10909-3 0  8993
2 27561 098.0494 288.6451 0048562 108.9435 015.8820 14.54434659555729
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 01:38:21
Eccentricity: 0.0048562
inclination: 98.0494°
perigee height: 677 km
apogee height: 745 km
right ascension of ascending node: 288.6451°
argument of perigee: 108.9435°
revolutions per day: 14.54434659
mean anomaly at epoch: 15.8820°
orbit number at epoch: 55572

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

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