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   13135.04087536 0.00017000  00000-0  21895-3 0    08
2 26934  97.0325 267.1004 0002889 268.8155  91.1844 15.59030242    02
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2013 00:58:51
Eccentricity: 0.0002889
inclination: 97.0325°
perigee height: 388 km
apogee height: 392 km
right ascension of ascending node: 267.1004°
argument of perigee: 268.8155°
revolutions per day: 15.59030242
mean anomaly at epoch: 91.1844°
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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