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   13140.86579721  .00032708  00000-0  56991-3 0  8480
2 25544 051.6481 243.8057 0009518 337.6653 122.6324 15.50391250830464
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 20:46:44
Eccentricity: 0.0009518
inclination: 51.6481°
perigee height: 409 km
apogee height: 422 km
right ascension of ascending node: 243.8057°
argument of perigee: 337.6653°
revolutions per day: 15.50391250
mean anomaly at epoch: 122.6324°
orbit number at epoch: 83046

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

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