YAOGAN 3 - 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 32289U 07055A   13142.85624802  .00000526  00000-0  74243-4 0  1244
2 32289 097.9087 133.9483 0001607 104.3008 255.8395 14.81222035298731
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 20:32:59
Eccentricity: 0.0001607
inclination: 97.9087°
perigee height: 624 km
apogee height: 626 km
right ascension of ascending node: 133.9483°
argument of perigee: 104.3008°
revolutions per day: 14.81222035
mean anomaly at epoch: 255.8395°
orbit number at epoch: 29873

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

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