FENGYUN 3A - 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 32958U 08026A   13144.29175484  .00000103  00000-0  69148-4 0  9587
2 32958 098.6061 210.1032 0008765 259.7168 100.3021 14.19348187258673
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 07:00:07
Eccentricity: 0.0008765
inclination: 98.6061°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 834 km
right ascension of ascending node: 210.1032°
argument of perigee: 259.7168°
revolutions per day: 14.19348187
mean anomaly at epoch: 100.3021°
orbit number at epoch: 25867

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

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