SL-16 R/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 28353U 04021B   13144.85049734 -.00000280  00000-0 -12210-3 0  4942
2 28353 071.0019 310.9797 0007502 287.5417 221.4875 14.14025703462328
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 20:24:42
Eccentricity: 0.0007502
inclination: 71.0019°
perigee height: 840 km
apogee height: 851 km
right ascension of ascending node: 310.9797°
argument of perigee: 287.5417°
revolutions per day: 14.14025703
mean anomaly at epoch: 221.4875°
orbit number at epoch: 46232

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

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