IGS 1A - 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 27698U 03009A   13166.94029229 0.00018500  00000-0  43759-3 0    06
2 27698  97.2888 243.1060 0003000 291.6888  68.3110 15.41824265    04
Epoch (UTC): 15 June 2013 22:34:01
Eccentricity: 0.0003000
inclination: 97.2888°
perigee height: 438 km
apogee height: 443 km
right ascension of ascending node: 243.1060°
argument of perigee: 291.6888°
revolutions per day: 15.41824265
mean anomaly at epoch: 68.3110°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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