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 29659U 06060B   13169.97862781  .00020758  00000-0  32045-3 0  9642
2 29659 098.0798 078.7414 0022492 129.3664 231.0109 15.53798046363540
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 23:29:13
Eccentricity: 0.0022492
inclination: 98.0798°
perigee height: 390 km
apogee height: 421 km
right ascension of ascending node: 78.7414°
argument of perigee: 129.3664°
revolutions per day: 15.53798046
mean anomaly at epoch: 231.0109°
orbit number at epoch: 36354

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

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