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   13140.83327988  .00000565  00000-0  10986-3 0  2063
2 26387 098.1539 206.7317 0027195 015.7800 118.2016 14.66716741689560
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 19:59:55
Eccentricity: 0.0027195
inclination: 98.1539°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 691 km
right ascension of ascending node: 206.7317°
argument of perigee: 15.7800°
revolutions per day: 14.66716741
mean anomaly at epoch: 118.2016°
orbit number at epoch: 68956

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

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