IRAS 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 13778U 83004B   13141.08986454 -.00000023  00000-0  18002-4 0  2742
2 13778 100.0743 291.5833 0020543 251.1382 218.2146 14.08680545557495
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 02:09:24
Eccentricity: 0.0020543
inclination: 100.0743°
perigee height: 849 km
apogee height: 879 km
right ascension of ascending node: 291.5833°
argument of perigee: 251.1382°
revolutions per day: 14.08680545
mean anomaly at epoch: 218.2146°
orbit number at epoch: 55749

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

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