N. Korean satellite - 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 39026U 12072A   13138.47293148  .00003576  00000-0  21607-3 0  5048
2 39026 097.3785 187.7660 0058134 354.4546 005.6054 15.09888810 23753
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:21:01
Eccentricity: 0.0058134
inclination: 97.3785°
perigee height: 496 km
apogee height: 577 km
right ascension of ascending node: 187.7660°
argument of perigee: 354.4546°
revolutions per day: 15.09888810
mean anomaly at epoch: 5.6054°
orbit number at epoch: 2375

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

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