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   13143.83088981  .00013979  00000-0  24813-3 0  8660
2 25544 051.6494 229.1061 0009556 349.8331 111.0513 15.50459677830921
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 19:56:28
Eccentricity: 0.0009556
inclination: 51.6494°
perigee height: 409 km
apogee height: 422 km
right ascension of ascending node: 229.1061°
argument of perigee: 349.8331°
revolutions per day: 15.50459677
mean anomaly at epoch: 111.0513°
orbit number at epoch: 83092

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

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