SL-16 R/B - 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 27006U 01056F   13140.54865957 -.00000019  00000-0  25083-4 0  8379
2 27006 099.1392 322.2275 0013962 237.8174 154.7629 13.70903503572522
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 13:10:04
Eccentricity: 0.0013962
inclination: 99.1392°
perigee height: 986 km
apogee height: 1006 km
right ascension of ascending node: 322.2275°
argument of perigee: 237.8174°
revolutions per day: 13.70903503
mean anomaly at epoch: 154.7629°
orbit number at epoch: 57252

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

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