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 31798U 07030B   13144.48262436  .00023880  00000-0  48823-3 0  7713
2 31798 098.2171 126.4694 0021064 243.9402 262.4812 15.45912412328997
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:34:58
Eccentricity: 0.0021064
inclination: 98.2171°
perigee height: 414 km
apogee height: 443 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.4694°
argument of perigee: 243.9402°
revolutions per day: 15.45912412
mean anomaly at epoch: 262.4812°
orbit number at epoch: 32899

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

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