S3M - 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 12508U 81053B   13138.19355855  .00000007  00000-0 -85950-5 0  4805
2 12508 082.9578 167.5447 0038467 058.7022 007.9148 13.76154860610369
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 04:38:43
Eccentricity: 0.0038467
inclination: 82.9578°
perigee height: 949 km
apogee height: 1006 km
right ascension of ascending node: 167.5447°
argument of perigee: 58.7022°
revolutions per day: 13.76154860
mean anomaly at epoch: 7.9148°
orbit number at epoch: 61036

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

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