GP-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 28230U 04014A   13168.49760119  .00000292  00000-0  39299-4 0  7661
2 28230 089.9011 144.6701 0002393 089.9322 058.0099 14.76969842493360
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 11:56:32
Eccentricity: 0.0002393
inclination: 89.9011°
perigee height: 637 km
apogee height: 640 km
right ascension of ascending node: 144.6701°
argument of perigee: 89.9322°
revolutions per day: 14.76969842
mean anomaly at epoch: 58.0099°
orbit number at epoch: 49336

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

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