Lacrosse 4 - 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 26473U 00047A   13144.90541772 0.00000500  00000-0  93069-4 0    00
2 26473  68.0114  76.8254 0009000 298.4101  61.5898 14.64973322    08
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 21:43:48
Eccentricity: 0.0009000
inclination: 68.0114°
perigee height: 671 km
apogee height: 683 km
right ascension of ascending node: 76.8254°
argument of perigee: 298.4101°
revolutions per day: 14.64973322
mean anomaly at epoch: 61.5898°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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