SPOT 5 - 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 27421U 02021A   13139.85482164  .00000062  00000-0  49181-4 0  4648
2 27421 098.6108 209.3301 0001075 105.0568 025.9470 14.20074277572494
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 20:30:56
Eccentricity: 0.0001075
inclination: 98.6108°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.3301°
argument of perigee: 105.0568°
revolutions per day: 14.20074277
mean anomaly at epoch: 25.9470°
orbit number at epoch: 57249

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

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