AQUA - 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 27424U 02022A   13181.46460596  .00000362  00000-0  80320-4 0  6949
2 27424 098.1964 122.6294 0000326 023.5767 336.5972 14.57143564593456
Epoch (UTC): 30 June 2013 11:09:01
Eccentricity: 0.0000326
inclination: 98.1964°
perigee height: 702 km
apogee height: 702 km
right ascension of ascending node: 122.6294°
argument of perigee: 23.5767°
revolutions per day: 14.57143564
mean anomaly at epoch: 336.5972°
orbit number at epoch: 59345

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

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