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 33245U 08036B   13137.80425455  .00028989  00000-0  50767-3 0  4531
2 33245 098.1173 165.1070 0013689 119.0934 330.6414 15.50467061269702
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 19:18:07
Eccentricity: 0.0013689
inclination: 98.1173°
perigee height: 406 km
apogee height: 424 km
right ascension of ascending node: 165.1070°
argument of perigee: 119.0934°
revolutions per day: 15.50467061
mean anomaly at epoch: 330.6414°
orbit number at epoch: 26970

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

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