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   13168.53670769  .00000100  00000-0  44434-4 0  2773
2 27840 098.2780 205.7311 0098023 198.7074 161.0501 14.38615804523288
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 12:52:51
Eccentricity: 0.0098023
inclination: 98.2780°
perigee height: 693 km
apogee height: 833 km
right ascension of ascending node: 205.7311°
argument of perigee: 198.7074°
revolutions per day: 14.38615804
mean anomaly at epoch: 161.0501°
orbit number at epoch: 52328

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

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