GP-B - 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 28230U 04014A   13144.58131324  .00000768  00000-0  10694-3 0  7457
2 28230 089.8997 144.9629 0003460 098.2273 050.8561 14.76945100489830
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 13:57:05
Eccentricity: 0.0003460
inclination: 89.8997°
perigee height: 636 km
apogee height: 641 km
right ascension of ascending node: 144.9629°
argument of perigee: 98.2273°
revolutions per day: 14.76945100
mean anomaly at epoch: 50.8561°
orbit number at epoch: 48983

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

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