MOS 1 - 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 17527U 87018A   13140.51939480  .00000238  00000-0  18512-3 0  2552
2 17527 099.1659 113.5857 0009479 074.7639 073.6940 14.02159187340800
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:27:55
Eccentricity: 0.0009479
inclination: 99.1659°
perigee height: 879 km
apogee height: 893 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.5857°
argument of perigee: 74.7639°
revolutions per day: 14.02159187
mean anomaly at epoch: 73.6940°
orbit number at epoch: 34080

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

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