ATLAS 3B 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 28538U 05004B   13135.89071039 0.00000050  00000-0  76308-4 0    01
2 28538  63.8210 102.3978 0215000 273.0235  86.9765 13.42986161    00
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2013 21:22:37
Eccentricity: 0.0215000
inclination: 63.8210°
perigee height: 937 km
apogee height: 1259 km
right ascension of ascending node: 102.3978°
argument of perigee: 273.0235°
revolutions per day: 13.42986161
mean anomaly at epoch: 86.9765°
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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