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   13140.51355351  .00001645  00000-0  19919-3 0  9114
2 26546 064.5578 303.5664 0045721 250.9382 180.8908 14.86494046685015
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:19:31
Eccentricity: 0.0045721
inclination: 64.5578°
perigee height: 577 km
apogee height: 641 km
right ascension of ascending node: 303.5664°
argument of perigee: 250.9382°
revolutions per day: 14.86494046
mean anomaly at epoch: 180.8908°
orbit number at epoch: 68501

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

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