Aureole 3 Rocket - 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 12849U 81094B   13138.14098122  .00002156  00000-0  19965-3 0  6038
2 12849 082.4950 228.5255 0918377 096.0169 274.6263 13.46856693540920
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 03:23:00
Eccentricity: 0.0918377
inclination: 82.4950°
perigee height: 398 km
apogee height: 1769 km
right ascension of ascending node: 228.5255°
argument of perigee: 96.0169°
revolutions per day: 13.46856693
mean anomaly at epoch: 274.6263°
orbit number at epoch: 54092

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

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