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   13144.85754081  .00000170  00000-0  10000-3 0  4797
2 27421 098.6117 214.2013 0001148 104.7209 027.1012 14.20076786573201
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 20:34:51
Eccentricity: 0.0001148
inclination: 98.6117°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 214.2013°
argument of perigee: 104.7209°
revolutions per day: 14.20076786
mean anomaly at epoch: 27.1012°
orbit number at epoch: 57320

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

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