USA 176 - 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 28158U 04004A   13119.36241930 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    08
2 28158   5.1602  57.8768 0005001  35.9443 324.0965  1.00273011    09
Epoch (UTC): 29 April 2013 08:41:53
Eccentricity: 0.0005001
inclination: 5.1602°
perigee height: 35765 km
apogee height: 35807 km
right ascension of ascending node: 57.8768°
argument of perigee: 35.9443°
revolutions per day: 1.00273011
mean anomaly at epoch: 324.0965°
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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