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   13142.79594476  .00000836  00000-0  14893-3 0   715
2 27607 064.5577 341.4350 0048381 172.0746 273.3075 14.72920279559974
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 19:06:09
Eccentricity: 0.0048381
inclination: 64.5577°
perigee height: 618 km
apogee height: 686 km
right ascension of ascending node: 341.4350°
argument of perigee: 172.0746°
revolutions per day: 14.72920279
mean anomaly at epoch: 273.3075°
orbit number at epoch: 55997

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

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