SWAS - 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 25560U 98071A   13140.29988336  .00001852  00000-0  20458-3 0  2159
2 25560 069.9034 034.8091 0011676 264.3389 095.6433 14.89189184783496
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 07:11:49
Eccentricity: 0.0011676
inclination: 69.9034°
perigee height: 592 km
apogee height: 608 km
right ascension of ascending node: 34.8091°
argument of perigee: 264.3389°
revolutions per day: 14.89189184
mean anomaly at epoch: 95.6433°
orbit number at epoch: 78349

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

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