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   13145.44076181  .00004893  00000-0  33984-3 0  6720
2 23560 098.5497 296.8249 0003487 247.5426 146.0687 15.06103109950835
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 10:34:41
Eccentricity: 0.0003487
inclination: 98.5497°
perigee height: 546 km
apogee height: 550 km
right ascension of ascending node: 296.8249°
argument of perigee: 247.5426°
revolutions per day: 15.06103109
mean anomaly at epoch: 146.0687°
orbit number at epoch: 95083

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

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