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   13139.07428320  .00000107  00000-0  69061-4 0  5410
2 25260 098.5131 195.1721 0001818 077.4997 282.6390 14.20893330785565
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 01:46:58
Eccentricity: 0.0001818
inclination: 98.5131°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 195.1721°
argument of perigee: 77.4997°
revolutions per day: 14.20893330
mean anomaly at epoch: 282.6390°
orbit number at epoch: 78556

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

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