ADEOS II - 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 27597U 02056A   13168.17537412  .00000102  00000-0  59015-4 0   394
2 27597 098.2882 190.6344 0000668 071.9738 336.6941 14.26569819547055
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 04:12:32
Eccentricity: 0.0000668
inclination: 98.2882°
perigee height: 803 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.6344°
argument of perigee: 71.9738°
revolutions per day: 14.26569819
mean anomaly at epoch: 336.6941°
orbit number at epoch: 54705

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

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