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   13139.51368056  .00000020  00000-0  29634-4 0  4638
2 27421 098.6105 208.9981 0001085 106.3442 081.6408 14.20074090572444
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:19:42
Eccentricity: 0.0001085
inclination: 98.6105°
perigee height: 824 km
apogee height: 826 km
right ascension of ascending node: 208.9981°
argument of perigee: 106.3442°
revolutions per day: 14.20074090
mean anomaly at epoch: 81.6408°
orbit number at epoch: 57244

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

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