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   13144.11324727  .00002434  00000-0  29786-3 0  4302
2 28650 097.5681 163.9506 0025574 003.7951 039.1758 14.83851187435514
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 02:43:04
Eccentricity: 0.0025574
inclination: 97.5681°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 635 km
right ascension of ascending node: 163.9506°
argument of perigee: 3.7951°
revolutions per day: 14.83851187
mean anomaly at epoch: 39.1758°
orbit number at epoch: 43551

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

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