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   13138.72219180  .00000111  00000-0  70696-4 0  5403
2 25260 098.5132 194.8329 0001810 077.7678 282.3689 14.20893258785519
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 17:19:57
Eccentricity: 0.0001810
inclination: 98.5132°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 194.8329°
argument of perigee: 77.7678°
revolutions per day: 14.20893258
mean anomaly at epoch: 282.3689°
orbit number at epoch: 78551

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

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