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   13142.73602543  .00000135  00000-0  82022-4 0  5523
2 25260 098.5129 198.7024 0001750 073.5343 286.6013 14.20894976786085
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 17:39:52
Eccentricity: 0.0001750
inclination: 98.5129°
perigee height: 821 km
apogee height: 823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 198.7024°
argument of perigee: 73.5343°
revolutions per day: 14.20894976
mean anomaly at epoch: 286.6013°
orbit number at epoch: 78608

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

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