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   13138.51294043  .00000129  00000-0  80887-4 0  4605
2 27421 098.6105 208.0234 0001072 105.5127 009.3139 14.20074407572308
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:18:38
Eccentricity: 0.0001072
inclination: 98.6105°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 208.0234°
argument of perigee: 105.5127°
revolutions per day: 14.20074407
mean anomaly at epoch: 9.3139°
orbit number at epoch: 57230

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

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