CARTOSAT-1 - 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 28649U 05017A   13142.38441079  .00001783  00000-0  22343-3 0   626
2 28649 097.8713 217.7322 0002291 119.5383 240.6060 14.83457374435550
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 09:13:33
Eccentricity: 0.0002291
inclination: 97.8713°
perigee height: 617 km
apogee height: 620 km
right ascension of ascending node: 217.7322°
argument of perigee: 119.5383°
revolutions per day: 14.83457374
mean anomaly at epoch: 240.6060°
orbit number at epoch: 43555

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

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