GP-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 28230U 04014A   13143.56478530  .00000700  00000-0  97324-4 0  7448
2 28230 089.8996 144.9754 0003488 099.0709 048.7577 14.76943254489685
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 13:33:17
Eccentricity: 0.0003488
inclination: 89.8996°
perigee height: 636 km
apogee height: 641 km
right ascension of ascending node: 144.9754°
argument of perigee: 99.0709°
revolutions per day: 14.76943254
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.7577°
orbit number at epoch: 48968

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

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