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   13143.76910784  .00000219  00000-0  10764-3 0   205
2 27597 098.2892 167.5126 0001758 075.4109 343.4901 14.26559979543570
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 18:27:30
Eccentricity: 0.0001758
inclination: 98.2892°
perigee height: 802 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 167.5126°
argument of perigee: 75.4109°
revolutions per day: 14.26559979
mean anomaly at epoch: 343.4901°
orbit number at epoch: 54357

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

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