SL-08 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 27561U 02054C   13143.02421109  .00000445  00000-0  11325-3 0  9014
2 27561 098.0501 291.4893 0048527 100.0381 012.6335 14.54437140556156
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 00:34:51
Eccentricity: 0.0048527
inclination: 98.0501°
perigee height: 677 km
apogee height: 745 km
right ascension of ascending node: 291.4893°
argument of perigee: 100.0381°
revolutions per day: 14.54437140
mean anomaly at epoch: 12.6335°
orbit number at epoch: 55615

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

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