Spot 4 - 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 25260U 98017A   13140.06013727  .00000131  00000-0  80059-4 0  5442
2 25260 098.5131 196.1225 0001812 076.1210 284.0176 14.20893903785703
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 01:26:35
Eccentricity: 0.0001812
inclination: 98.5131°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 196.1225°
argument of perigee: 76.1210°
revolutions per day: 14.20893903
mean anomaly at epoch: 284.0176°
orbit number at epoch: 78570

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

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