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   13140.09299822  .00000049  00000-0  51018-4 0  3390
2 26932 067.0575 332.5524 0006217 297.5569 173.7453 14.29869056607459
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 02:13:55
Eccentricity: 0.0006217
inclination: 67.0575°
perigee height: 788 km
apogee height: 796 km
right ascension of ascending node: 332.5524°
argument of perigee: 297.5569°
revolutions per day: 14.29869056
mean anomaly at epoch: 173.7453°
orbit number at epoch: 60745

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

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