FENGYUN 3A - 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 32958U 08026A   13142.10641898  .00000079  00000-0  57776-4 0  9511
2 32958 098.6060 207.9790 0008746 266.3186 093.6998 14.19347364258369
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 02:33:14
Eccentricity: 0.0008746
inclination: 98.6060°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 834 km
right ascension of ascending node: 207.9790°
argument of perigee: 266.3186°
revolutions per day: 14.19347364
mean anomaly at epoch: 93.6998°
orbit number at epoch: 25836

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

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