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   13139.85765550  .00000711  00000-0  16783-3 0  6694
2 27424 098.1984 081.6779 0001512 078.9626 314.6535 14.57101893587393
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 20:35:01
Eccentricity: 0.0001512
inclination: 98.1984°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 81.6779°
argument of perigee: 78.9626°
revolutions per day: 14.57101893
mean anomaly at epoch: 314.6535°
orbit number at epoch: 58739

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

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