Hamsat - 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 28650U 05017B   13141.07692789  .00001374  00000-0  17080-3 0  4272
2 28650 097.5687 161.0695 0025901 013.8174 019.5898 14.83841894435062
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 01:50:46
Eccentricity: 0.0025901
inclination: 97.5687°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 635 km
right ascension of ascending node: 161.0695°
argument of perigee: 13.8174°
revolutions per day: 14.83841894
mean anomaly at epoch: 19.5898°
orbit number at epoch: 43506

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

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