HST - 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 20580U 90037B   13141.32497296  .00002090  00000-0  13698-3 0  2440
2 20580 028.4702 088.9263 0003432 065.2262 070.1156 15.03608794 65656
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 07:47:57
Eccentricity: 0.0003432
inclination: 28.4702°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 558 km
right ascension of ascending node: 88.9263°
argument of perigee: 65.2262°
revolutions per day: 15.03608794
mean anomaly at epoch: 70.1156°
orbit number at epoch: 6565

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

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