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   13170.10065189  .00000947  00000-0  10441-3 0  9383
2 26546 064.5566 211.5458 0044435 246.8514 112.8408 14.86565274689413
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 02:24:56
Eccentricity: 0.0044435
inclination: 64.5566°
perigee height: 577 km
apogee height: 640 km
right ascension of ascending node: 211.5458°
argument of perigee: 246.8514°
revolutions per day: 14.86565274
mean anomaly at epoch: 112.8408°
orbit number at epoch: 68941

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

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