SL-8 R/B - 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 33066U 08031G   13138.75735953  .00000285  00000-0  82085-4 0  4920
2 33066 048.4432 236.8808 0008315 297.6768 202.9325 14.68387333263620
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 18:10:35
Eccentricity: 0.0008315
inclination: 48.4432°
perigee height: 660 km
apogee height: 672 km
right ascension of ascending node: 236.8808°
argument of perigee: 297.6768°
revolutions per day: 14.68387333
mean anomaly at epoch: 202.9325°
orbit number at epoch: 26362

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

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