ADEOS II - 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 27597U 02056A   13142.15024623  .00000176  00000-0  90065-4 0   198
2 27597 098.2893 165.9785 0001818 077.2659 312.5546 14.26559494543339
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 03:36:21
Eccentricity: 0.0001818
inclination: 98.2893°
perigee height: 802 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 165.9785°
argument of perigee: 77.2659°
revolutions per day: 14.26559494
mean anomaly at epoch: 312.5546°
orbit number at epoch: 54333

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

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