Hamsat - 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 28650U 05017B   13139.79847162  .00002048  00000-0  25165-3 0  4266
2 28650 097.5690 159.8566 0026097 018.0829 030.2579 14.83836299434876
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 19:09:47
Eccentricity: 0.0026097
inclination: 97.5690°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 635 km
right ascension of ascending node: 159.8566°
argument of perigee: 18.0829°
revolutions per day: 14.83836299
mean anomaly at epoch: 30.2579°
orbit number at epoch: 43487

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

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