Spot 3 - 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 22823U 93061A   13168.97167514  .00000002  00000-0  22110-4 0  4295
2 22823 098.7549 114.0326 0018047 122.1463 279.4570 14.18900777 21435
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 23:19:12
Eccentricity: 0.0018047
inclination: 98.7549°
perigee height: 816 km
apogee height: 842 km
right ascension of ascending node: 114.0326°
argument of perigee: 122.1463°
revolutions per day: 14.18900777
mean anomaly at epoch: 279.4570°
orbit number at epoch: 2143

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

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