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   13140.49740741  .00000112  00000-0  72875-4 0  4662
2 27421 098.6106 209.9557 0001075 106.1697 068.0511 14.20074835572580
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:56:16
Eccentricity: 0.0001075
inclination: 98.6106°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.9557°
argument of perigee: 106.1697°
revolutions per day: 14.20074835
mean anomaly at epoch: 68.0511°
orbit number at epoch: 57258

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

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