Spot 4 - 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 25260U 98017A   13145.76400321  .00000125  00000-0  77249-4 0  5613
2 25260 098.5131 201.6213 0001716 072.6836 287.4526 14.20895950786510
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 18:20:09
Eccentricity: 0.0001716
inclination: 98.5131°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 201.6213°
argument of perigee: 72.6836°
revolutions per day: 14.20895950
mean anomaly at epoch: 287.4526°
orbit number at epoch: 78651

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

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