Sapphire - 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 26932U 01043D   13138.82988252  .00000072  00000-0  60243-4 0  3385
2 26932 067.0574 335.8078 0006163 297.5705 152.8208 14.29868388607273
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 19:55:01
Eccentricity: 0.0006163
inclination: 67.0574°
perigee height: 788 km
apogee height: 796 km
right ascension of ascending node: 335.8078°
argument of perigee: 297.5705°
revolutions per day: 14.29868388
mean anomaly at epoch: 152.8208°
orbit number at epoch: 60727

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

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