ASTRO E2 - 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 28773U 05025A   13141.15579108  .00003347  00000-0  22223-3 0   223
2 28773 031.3824 163.9503 0006472 265.3464 161.7959 15.05459136432024
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 03:44:20
Eccentricity: 0.0006472
inclination: 31.3824°
perigee height: 545 km
apogee height: 554 km
right ascension of ascending node: 163.9503°
argument of perigee: 265.3464°
revolutions per day: 15.05459136
mean anomaly at epoch: 161.7959°
orbit number at epoch: 43202

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

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