IRS-P3 - 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 23827U 96017A   13143.08907844  .00000154  00000-0  88782-4 0  7262
2 23827 098.5826 086.7730 0003771 039.8648 088.1794 14.22032440891163
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 02:08:16
Eccentricity: 0.0003771
inclination: 98.5826°
perigee height: 816 km
apogee height: 821 km
right ascension of ascending node: 86.7730°
argument of perigee: 39.8648°
revolutions per day: 14.22032440
mean anomaly at epoch: 88.1794°
orbit number at epoch: 89116

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

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