PAYLOAD A - 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 27840U 03031A   13138.55977054  .00000235  00000-0  86678-4 0  2538
2 27840 098.2784 176.7975 0097343 290.0170 069.0558 14.38611211518979
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 13:26:04
Eccentricity: 0.0097343
inclination: 98.2784°
perigee height: 693 km
apogee height: 832 km
right ascension of ascending node: 176.7975°
argument of perigee: 290.0170°
revolutions per day: 14.38611211
mean anomaly at epoch: 69.0558°
orbit number at epoch: 51897

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

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