Helios 1B - 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 25977U 99064A   13139.78605593  .00001229  00000-0  17304-3 0  9518
2 25977 098.2085 204.8192 0002439 083.4170 027.8279 14.79170719723565
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 18:51:55
Eccentricity: 0.0002439
inclination: 98.2085°
perigee height: 630 km
apogee height: 633 km
right ascension of ascending node: 204.8192°
argument of perigee: 83.4170°
revolutions per day: 14.79170719
mean anomaly at epoch: 27.8279°
orbit number at epoch: 72356

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

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