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   13144.02897167  .00001142  00000-0  19557-3 0   720
2 27607 064.5577 337.6812 0048196 171.7157 331.4675 14.72923087560154
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 00:41:43
Eccentricity: 0.0048196
inclination: 64.5577°
perigee height: 618 km
apogee height: 685 km
right ascension of ascending node: 337.6812°
argument of perigee: 171.7157°
revolutions per day: 14.72923087
mean anomaly at epoch: 331.4675°
orbit number at epoch: 56015

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

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