Spot 4 - 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 25260U 98017A   13145.41191313  .00000130  00000-0  79689-4 0  5608
2 25260 098.5129 201.2818 0001711 072.8386 287.2987 14.20895858786461
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 09:53:09
Eccentricity: 0.0001711
inclination: 98.5129°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 201.2818°
argument of perigee: 72.8386°
revolutions per day: 14.20895858
mean anomaly at epoch: 287.2987°
orbit number at epoch: 78646

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

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