SWIFT - 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 28485U 04047A   13139.81989444  .00003198  00000-0  23951-3 0  4423
2 28485 020.5580 060.0536 0012875 229.7134 172.2539 14.96274404464161
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 19:40:38
Eccentricity: 0.0012875
inclination: 20.5580°
perigee height: 569 km
apogee height: 587 km
right ascension of ascending node: 60.0536°
argument of perigee: 229.7134°
revolutions per day: 14.96274404
mean anomaly at epoch: 172.2539°
orbit number at epoch: 46416

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

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