SL-8 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 21088U 91006B   13144.19826848  .00000120  00000-0  10645-3 0  6353
2 21088 082.9439 044.0216 0023493 154.0588 357.4649 13.76877885121232
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 04:45:30
Eccentricity: 0.0023493
inclination: 82.9439°
perigee height: 958 km
apogee height: 992 km
right ascension of ascending node: 44.0216°
argument of perigee: 154.0588°
revolutions per day: 13.76877885
mean anomaly at epoch: 357.4649°
orbit number at epoch: 12123

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

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