AO-40 - 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 26609U 00072B   13136.67115700 -.00000317  00000-0 -49622-1 0  8034
2 26609 006.6545 112.8101 7969603 350.6983 000.3656 01.25588955 57593
Epoch (UTC): 16 May 2013 16:06:27
Eccentricity: 0.7969603
inclination: 6.6545°
perigee height: 990 km
apogee height: 58830 km
right ascension of ascending node: 112.8101°
argument of perigee: 350.6983°
revolutions per day: 1.25588955
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.3656°
orbit number at epoch: 5759

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

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