JAS-2 - 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 24278U 96046B   13144.78241606  .00000014  00000-0  51930-4 0  1242
2 24278 098.5571 206.4778 0349999 224.6444 253.1300 13.53001146828144
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 18:46:40
Eccentricity: 0.0349999
inclination: 98.5571°
perigee height: 801 km
apogee height: 1321 km
right ascension of ascending node: 206.4778°
argument of perigee: 224.6444°
revolutions per day: 13.53001146
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.1300°
orbit number at epoch: 82814

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

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