IRS-P3 - 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 23827U 96017A   13144.49356848  .00000160  00000-0  91742-4 0  7278
2 23827 098.5827 088.1402 0003702 036.2516 077.7501 14.22032910891369
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:50:44
Eccentricity: 0.0003702
inclination: 98.5827°
perigee height: 816 km
apogee height: 821 km
right ascension of ascending node: 88.1402°
argument of perigee: 36.2516°
revolutions per day: 14.22032910
mean anomaly at epoch: 77.7501°
orbit number at epoch: 89136

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

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