IGS 1A - 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 27698U 03009A   13135.90471850 0.00027000  00000-0  67059-3 0    03
2 27698  97.2888 212.1387 0003500 303.9988  56.0010 15.40345279    00
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2013 21:42:47
Eccentricity: 0.0003500
inclination: 97.2888°
perigee height: 443 km
apogee height: 447 km
right ascension of ascending node: 212.1387°
argument of perigee: 303.9988°
revolutions per day: 15.40345279
mean anomaly at epoch: 56.0010°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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