ERS-2 - 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 23560U 95021A   13140.07753787  .00005718  00000-0  39681-3 0  6679
2 23560 098.5468 290.8832 0003470 269.0920 223.7012 15.06045054950025
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 01:51:39
Eccentricity: 0.0003470
inclination: 98.5468°
perigee height: 546 km
apogee height: 551 km
right ascension of ascending node: 290.8832°
argument of perigee: 269.0920°
revolutions per day: 15.06045054
mean anomaly at epoch: 223.7012°
orbit number at epoch: 95002

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

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