SL-8 R/B - 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 31798U 07030B   13169.05348969  .00012908  00000-0  25777-3 0  7913
2 31798 098.2178 154.3154 0023531 155.7231 244.6071 15.46690938332795
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 01:17:01
Eccentricity: 0.0023531
inclination: 98.2178°
perigee height: 410 km
apogee height: 442 km
right ascension of ascending node: 154.3154°
argument of perigee: 155.7231°
revolutions per day: 15.46690938
mean anomaly at epoch: 244.6071°
orbit number at epoch: 33279

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

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