ISS - 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 25544U 98067A   13138.86669294  .00017017  00000-0  30195-3 0  8363
2 25544 051.6473 253.7162 0009037 329.1819 126.2749 15.50299359830152
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 20:48:02
Eccentricity: 0.0009037
inclination: 51.6473°
perigee height: 410 km
apogee height: 422 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.7162°
argument of perigee: 329.1819°
revolutions per day: 15.50299359
mean anomaly at epoch: 126.2749°
orbit number at epoch: 83015

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

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