SL-16 R/B - 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 27006U 01056F   13139.53343394 -.00000010  00000-0  35819-4 0  8360
2 27006 099.1391 321.2620 0013934 240.5912 184.2546 13.70903295572382
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:48:08
Eccentricity: 0.0013934
inclination: 99.1391°
perigee height: 986 km
apogee height: 1006 km
right ascension of ascending node: 321.2620°
argument of perigee: 240.5912°
revolutions per day: 13.70903295
mean anomaly at epoch: 184.2546°
orbit number at epoch: 57238

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

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