SL-16 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 31793U 07029B   13138.96107935  .00000326  00000-0  19599-3 0  7026
2 31793 070.9769 278.9908 0002337 265.2308 244.0232 14.14210750304017
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 23:03:57
Eccentricity: 0.0002337
inclination: 70.9769°
perigee height: 843 km
apogee height: 846 km
right ascension of ascending node: 278.9908°
argument of perigee: 265.2308°
revolutions per day: 14.14210750
mean anomaly at epoch: 244.0232°
orbit number at epoch: 30401

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

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