HST - 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 20580U 90037B   13139.12107178  .00002055  00000-0  13452-3 0  2429
2 20580 028.4701 103.3684 0003540 041.6360 020.5257 15.03600057 65319
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 02:54:20
Eccentricity: 0.0003540
inclination: 28.4701°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 558 km
right ascension of ascending node: 103.3684°
argument of perigee: 41.6360°
revolutions per day: 15.03600057
mean anomaly at epoch: 20.5257°
orbit number at epoch: 6531

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

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