SL-16 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 27006U 01056F   13169.17786792 -.00000039  00000-0  25690-5 0  8623
2 27006 099.1400 349.4556 0015133 162.5209 327.4727 13.70904086576440
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 04:16:07
Eccentricity: 0.0015133
inclination: 99.1400°
perigee height: 985 km
apogee height: 1007 km
right ascension of ascending node: 349.4556°
argument of perigee: 162.5209°
revolutions per day: 13.70904086
mean anomaly at epoch: 327.4727°
orbit number at epoch: 57644

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

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