View from above orbital plane
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View from above satellite
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Ground track
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The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,
1 17973U 87041A 13138.66591530 .00000427 00000-0 24937-3 0 4680
2 17973 070.8980 174.5226 0031809 205.0645 303.9303 14.13856501342454
| Epoch (UTC): | 18 May 2013 15:58:55 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0031809 |
| inclination: | 70.8980° |
| perigee height: | 823 km |
| apogee height: | 869 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 174.5226° |
| argument of perigee: | 205.0645° |
| revolutions per day: | 14.13856501 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 303.9303° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 34245 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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