Oscar 16 - 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 20439U 90005D   13137.83139542  .00000157  00000-0  74214-4 0  7489
2 20439 098.4696 078.5657 0009911 245.1895 172.0515 14.32170645217895
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 19:57:12
Eccentricity: 0.0009911
inclination: 98.4696°
perigee height: 777 km
apogee height: 791 km
right ascension of ascending node: 78.5657°
argument of perigee: 245.1895°
revolutions per day: 14.32170645
mean anomaly at epoch: 172.0515°
orbit number at epoch: 21789

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

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