MSX - 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 23851U 96024A   13133.08351709 0.00000030  00000-0  21175-4 0    00
2 23851  98.8196 190.8006 0010000 146.9182 213.0817 13.97934665    03
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2013 02:00:15
Eccentricity: 0.0010000
inclination: 98.8196°
perigee height: 893 km
apogee height: 908 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.8006°
argument of perigee: 146.9182°
revolutions per day: 13.97934665
mean anomaly at epoch: 213.0817°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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