SL-08 RB 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 26387U 00033D   13137.20423707  .00000597  00000-0  11563-3 0  2030
2 26387 098.1542 203.1232 0027440 027.1412 036.3418 14.66709900689037
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 04:54:06
Eccentricity: 0.0027440
inclination: 98.1542°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 691 km
right ascension of ascending node: 203.1232°
argument of perigee: 27.1412°
revolutions per day: 14.66709900
mean anomaly at epoch: 36.3418°
orbit number at epoch: 68903

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

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