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   13168.15552992  .00000246  00000-0  64657-4 0  6937
2 27424 098.1994 109.5348 0001012 098.0443 328.0065 14.57134836591510
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 03:43:57
Eccentricity: 0.0001012
inclination: 98.1994°
perigee height: 702 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 109.5348°
argument of perigee: 98.0443°
revolutions per day: 14.57134836
mean anomaly at epoch: 328.0065°
orbit number at epoch: 59151

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

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