SPOT 5 - 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 27421U 02021A   13142.51798816  .00000345  00000-0  18190-3 0  4727
2 27421 098.6111 211.9230 0001094 105.9811 312.1680 14.20077100572873
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 12:25:54
Eccentricity: 0.0001094
inclination: 98.6111°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 211.9230°
argument of perigee: 105.9811°
revolutions per day: 14.20077100
mean anomaly at epoch: 312.1680°
orbit number at epoch: 57287

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

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