SL-8 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 29659U 06060B   13144.86321162  .00032684  00000-0  52633-3 0  9417
2 29659 098.0825 050.4622 0020325 217.8990 193.0134 15.52664832359642
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 20:43:01
Eccentricity: 0.0020325
inclination: 98.0825°
perigee height: 395 km
apogee height: 423 km
right ascension of ascending node: 50.4622°
argument of perigee: 217.8990°
revolutions per day: 15.52664832
mean anomaly at epoch: 193.0134°
orbit number at epoch: 35964

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

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