Saudisat 1A - 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 26546U 00057B   13145.90921936  .00001416  00000-0  17389-3 0  9160
2 26546 064.5575 286.7815 0045412 250.6253 254.0980 14.86514506685819
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 21:49:16
Eccentricity: 0.0045412
inclination: 64.5575°
perigee height: 577 km
apogee height: 640 km
right ascension of ascending node: 286.7815°
argument of perigee: 250.6253°
revolutions per day: 14.86514506
mean anomaly at epoch: 254.0980°
orbit number at epoch: 68581

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

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