CBERS-1 - 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 25940U 99057A   13141.98360860  .00000145  00000-0  65736-4 0  4817
2 25940 098.3151 099.2647 0006525 111.2589 290.3936 14.34799210712520
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 23:36:23
Eccentricity: 0.0006525
inclination: 98.3151°
perigee height: 771 km
apogee height: 780 km
right ascension of ascending node: 99.2647°
argument of perigee: 111.2589°
revolutions per day: 14.34799210
mean anomaly at epoch: 290.3936°
orbit number at epoch: 71252

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

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