SWAS - 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 25560U 98071A   13139.15800168  .00001993  00000-0  21950-3 0  2141
2 25560 069.9035 037.6607 0011661 265.5165 094.4656 14.89184260783326
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 03:47:31
Eccentricity: 0.0011661
inclination: 69.9035°
perigee height: 592 km
apogee height: 608 km
right ascension of ascending node: 37.6607°
argument of perigee: 265.5165°
revolutions per day: 14.89184260
mean anomaly at epoch: 94.4656°
orbit number at epoch: 78332

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

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