SL-08 RB Rocket - 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 26387U 00033D   13143.20773588  .00000578  00000-0  11228-3 0  2084
2 26387 098.1538 209.0927 0027009 008.1847 055.8671 14.66719418689919
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 04:59:08
Eccentricity: 0.0027009
inclination: 98.1538°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 690 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.0927°
argument of perigee: 8.1847°
revolutions per day: 14.66719418
mean anomaly at epoch: 55.8671°
orbit number at epoch: 68991

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

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