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   13144.50215560 -.00000019  00000-0  10989-4 0  4782
2 27421 098.6120 213.8554 0001148 103.8255 012.1950 14.20075923573152
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:03:06
Eccentricity: 0.0001148
inclination: 98.6120°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 213.8554°
argument of perigee: 103.8255°
revolutions per day: 14.20075923
mean anomaly at epoch: 12.1950°
orbit number at epoch: 57315

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

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