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   13138.15229113  .00000270  00000-0  12882-3 0   166
2 27597 098.2897 162.1903 0001883 083.2040 306.4664 14.26556660542779
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 03:39:17
Eccentricity: 0.0001883
inclination: 98.2897°
perigee height: 802 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 162.1903°
argument of perigee: 83.2040°
revolutions per day: 14.26556660
mean anomaly at epoch: 306.4664°
orbit number at epoch: 54277

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

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