Tiangong 1 - 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 37820U 11053A   13145.44254953  .00067376  00000-0  38205-3 0  8865
2 37820 042.7763 138.6535 0004836 253.1551 237.5633 15.78120987 95051
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 10:37:16
Eccentricity: 0.0004836
inclination: 42.7763°
perigee height: 332 km
apogee height: 339 km
right ascension of ascending node: 138.6535°
argument of perigee: 253.1551°
revolutions per day: 15.78120987
mean anomaly at epoch: 237.5633°
orbit number at epoch: 9505

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

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