SO-50 - 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 27607U 02058C   13137.83978490  .00001019  00000-0  17686-3 0   678
2 27607 064.5577 356.5232 0048917 173.5709 273.2064 14.72907236559245
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 20:09:17
Eccentricity: 0.0048917
inclination: 64.5577°
perigee height: 617 km
apogee height: 686 km
right ascension of ascending node: 356.5232°
argument of perigee: 173.5709°
revolutions per day: 14.72907236
mean anomaly at epoch: 273.2064°
orbit number at epoch: 55924

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

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