USA 129 - 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 24680U 96072A   13135.85157678 0.00013000  00000-0  22429-3 0    03
2 24680  97.5795 189.5830 0339063 344.4401  15.5597 15.06427399    00
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2013 20:26:16
Eccentricity: 0.0339063
inclination: 97.5795°
perigee height: 312 km
apogee height: 782 km
right ascension of ascending node: 189.5830°
argument of perigee: 344.4401°
revolutions per day: 15.06427399
mean anomaly at epoch: 15.5597°
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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