CZ-2D 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 28738U 05024B   13139.18969855  .00003603  00000-0  26247-3 0  4886
2 28738 097.6753 172.6342 0015257 062.4823 297.7952 15.04303581431196
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 04:33:09
Eccentricity: 0.0015257
inclination: 97.6753°
perigee height: 543 km
apogee height: 564 km
right ascension of ascending node: 172.6342°
argument of perigee: 62.4823°
revolutions per day: 15.04303581
mean anomaly at epoch: 297.7952°
orbit number at epoch: 43119

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

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