ADEOS - 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 24277U 96046A   13137.89208956  .00000154  00000-0  78155-4 0  2262
2 24277 098.5526 080.9758 0001781 062.3763 329.9309 14.28886788873216
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 21:24:36
Eccentricity: 0.0001781
inclination: 98.5526°
perigee height: 794 km
apogee height: 797 km
right ascension of ascending node: 80.9758°
argument of perigee: 62.3763°
revolutions per day: 14.28886788
mean anomaly at epoch: 329.9309°
orbit number at epoch: 87321

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

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