SeaSat 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 10967U 78064A   13140.82782087  .00000227  00000-0  10889-3 0   114
2 10967 107.9927 073.0120 0002525 299.6473 098.5299 14.42704826831885
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 19:52:03
Eccentricity: 0.0002525
inclination: 107.9927°
perigee height: 748 km
apogee height: 751 km
right ascension of ascending node: 73.0120°
argument of perigee: 299.6473°
revolutions per day: 14.42704826
mean anomaly at epoch: 98.5299°
orbit number at epoch: 83188

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

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