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   13142.83261519  .00001895  00000-0  12304-3 0  2450
2 20580 028.4705 079.0441 0003363 080.8805 311.4228 15.03614807 65874
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 19:58:57
Eccentricity: 0.0003363
inclination: 28.4705°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 558 km
right ascension of ascending node: 79.0441°
argument of perigee: 80.8805°
revolutions per day: 15.03614807
mean anomaly at epoch: 311.4228°
orbit number at epoch: 6587

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

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