IGS 1A - 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 27698U 03009A   13144.93288248 0.00031000  00000-0  75579-3 0    04
2 27698  97.2888 221.1396 0003000 311.3550  48.6449 15.40910230    01
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 22:23:21
Eccentricity: 0.0003000
inclination: 97.2888°
perigee height: 441 km
apogee height: 445 km
right ascension of ascending node: 221.1396°
argument of perigee: 311.3550°
revolutions per day: 15.40910230
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.6449°
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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