SWIFT - 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 28485U 04047A   13145.82894163  .00003303  00000-0  24833-3 0  4477
2 28485 020.5586 018.5311 0013119 305.9314 139.6691 14.96309793465061
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 19:53:40
Eccentricity: 0.0013119
inclination: 20.5586°
perigee height: 569 km
apogee height: 587 km
right ascension of ascending node: 18.5311°
argument of perigee: 305.9314°
revolutions per day: 14.96309793
mean anomaly at epoch: 139.6691°
orbit number at epoch: 46506

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

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