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   13143.82448075  .00001708  00000-0  20610-3 0  9140
2 26546 064.5576 293.2653 0045523 250.8466 258.1331 14.86505192685506
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 19:47:15
Eccentricity: 0.0045523
inclination: 64.5576°
perigee height: 577 km
apogee height: 640 km
right ascension of ascending node: 293.2653°
argument of perigee: 250.8466°
revolutions per day: 14.86505192
mean anomaly at epoch: 258.1331°
orbit number at epoch: 68550

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

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