PAYLOAD A - 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 27840U 03031A   13142.24600898  .00000213  00000-0  79692-4 0  2565
2 27840 098.2785 180.3574 0097275 278.6556 080.3624 14.38611776519506
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 05:54:15
Eccentricity: 0.0097275
inclination: 98.2785°
perigee height: 693 km
apogee height: 832 km
right ascension of ascending node: 180.3574°
argument of perigee: 278.6556°
revolutions per day: 14.38611776
mean anomaly at epoch: 80.3624°
orbit number at epoch: 51950

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

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