ARGOS - 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 25634U 99008A   13169.13483400  .00000021  00000-0  31029-4 0  9036
2 25634 098.8079 234.8122 0011298 090.2089 330.0277 14.19077805741370
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 03:14:09
Eccentricity: 0.0011298
inclination: 98.8079°
perigee height: 820 km
apogee height: 836 km
right ascension of ascending node: 234.8122°
argument of perigee: 90.2089°
revolutions per day: 14.19077805
mean anomaly at epoch: 330.0277°
orbit number at epoch: 74137

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

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