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   13140.09115623  .00000930  00000-0  16334-3 0   693
2 27607 064.5577 349.6697 0048624 172.8873 331.1038 14.72915039559573
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 02:11:15
Eccentricity: 0.0048624
inclination: 64.5577°
perigee height: 617 km
apogee height: 686 km
right ascension of ascending node: 349.6697°
argument of perigee: 172.8873°
revolutions per day: 14.72915039
mean anomaly at epoch: 331.1038°
orbit number at epoch: 55957

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

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