CZ-3 R/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 29517U 06048B   13145.43586448  .00062225  19900-6  12331-2 0  8328
2 29517 028.4543 260.4073 5662976 031.5510 007.7965 04.65783065 80590
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 10:27:38
Eccentricity: 0.5662976
inclination: 28.4543°
perigee height: 190 km
apogee height: 17344 km
right ascension of ascending node: 260.4073°
argument of perigee: 31.5510°
revolutions per day: 4.65783065
mean anomaly at epoch: 7.7965°
orbit number at epoch: 8059

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

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