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   13143.10047440  .00001883  00000-0  23185-3 0  4296
2 28650 097.5682 162.9895 0025661 007.1062 029.1088 14.83847612435369
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 02:24:40
Eccentricity: 0.0025661
inclination: 97.5682°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 635 km
right ascension of ascending node: 162.9895°
argument of perigee: 7.1062°
revolutions per day: 14.83847612
mean anomaly at epoch: 29.1088°
orbit number at epoch: 43536

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

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