USA 161 - 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 26934U 01044A   13141.07381724 0.00019000  00000-0  24257-3 0    01
2 26934  97.0285 273.0526 0001889 246.2510 113.7489 15.59266141    01
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 01:46:17
Eccentricity: 0.0001889
inclination: 97.0285°
perigee height: 388 km
apogee height: 391 km
right ascension of ascending node: 273.0526°
argument of perigee: 246.2510°
revolutions per day: 15.59266141
mean anomaly at epoch: 113.7489°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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