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   13138.72267107  .00000109  00000-0  72235-4 0  9411
2 32958 098.6067 204.6902 0008789 277.2083 082.8106 14.19346734257886
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 17:20:38
Eccentricity: 0.0008789
inclination: 98.6067°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 834 km
right ascension of ascending node: 204.6902°
argument of perigee: 277.2083°
revolutions per day: 14.19346734
mean anomaly at epoch: 82.8106°
orbit number at epoch: 25788

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

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