deb Chang Zheng 4 - 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 20847U 90081K   13142.11923073  .00006725  00000-0  14212-2 0  7671
2 20847 098.5393 287.3110 0028767 068.8265 345.9725 14.59400696187057
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 02:51:41
Eccentricity: 0.0028767
inclination: 98.5393°
perigee height: 675 km
apogee height: 715 km
right ascension of ascending node: 287.3110°
argument of perigee: 68.8265°
revolutions per day: 14.59400696
mean anomaly at epoch: 345.9725°
orbit number at epoch: 18705

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

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