FENGYUN 3A - 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 32958U 08026A   13141.11949230  .00000095  00000-0  65361-4 0  9485
2 32958 098.6063 207.0199 0008753 269.5196 090.4976 14.19347281258224
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 02:52:04
Eccentricity: 0.0008753
inclination: 98.6063°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 834 km
right ascension of ascending node: 207.0199°
argument of perigee: 269.5196°
revolutions per day: 14.19347281
mean anomaly at epoch: 90.4976°
orbit number at epoch: 25822

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

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