ARGOS Delta rocket - 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 25637U 99008D   13143.69374881  .00000255  00000-0  72128-4 0  1973
2 25637 096.4651 013.2982 0143843 324.8235 106.0431 14.45401332750926
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 16:38:59
Eccentricity: 0.0143843
inclination: 96.4651°
perigee height: 638 km
apogee height: 843 km
right ascension of ascending node: 13.2982°
argument of perigee: 324.8235°
revolutions per day: 14.45401332
mean anomaly at epoch: 106.0431°
orbit number at epoch: 75092

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

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