ALOS - 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 28931U 06002A   13143.40620771  .00001012  00000-0  21826-3 0  1606
2 28931 098.0330 209.1077 0000964 043.7613 316.3665 14.60401929390421
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 09:44:56
Eccentricity: 0.0000964
inclination: 98.0330°
perigee height: 691 km
apogee height: 692 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.1077°
argument of perigee: 43.7613°
revolutions per day: 14.60401929
mean anomaly at epoch: 316.3665°
orbit number at epoch: 39042

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

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