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   13143.97223197  .00002064  00000-0  13507-3 0  2462
2 20580 028.4708 071.5743 0003411 091.2877 001.9491 15.03620150 66049
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 23:20:00
Eccentricity: 0.0003411
inclination: 28.4708°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 558 km
right ascension of ascending node: 71.5743°
argument of perigee: 91.2877°
revolutions per day: 15.03620150
mean anomaly at epoch: 1.9491°
orbit number at epoch: 6604

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

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