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   13137.02948491  .00001671  00000-0  20212-3 0  9082
2 26546 064.5573 314.3992 0045827 251.5863 256.7792 14.86477612684497
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 00:42:27
Eccentricity: 0.0045827
inclination: 64.5573°
perigee height: 577 km
apogee height: 641 km
right ascension of ascending node: 314.3992°
argument of perigee: 251.5863°
revolutions per day: 14.86477612
mean anomaly at epoch: 256.7792°
orbit number at epoch: 68449

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

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