SPOT 5 - 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 27421U 02021A   13144.20980787 -.00000004  00000-0  18337-4 0  4777
2 27421 098.6120 213.5708 0001123 103.2325 319.0707 14.20075936573114
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 05:02:07
Eccentricity: 0.0001123
inclination: 98.6120°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 213.5708°
argument of perigee: 103.2325°
revolutions per day: 14.20075936
mean anomaly at epoch: 319.0707°
orbit number at epoch: 57311

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

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