ALOS - 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 28931U 06002A   13139.84341195  .00001304  00000-0  27867-3 0  1491
2 28931 098.0326 205.6517 0001227 044.5417 315.5878 14.60394592389905
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 20:14:30
Eccentricity: 0.0001227
inclination: 98.0326°
perigee height: 691 km
apogee height: 693 km
right ascension of ascending node: 205.6517°
argument of perigee: 44.5417°
revolutions per day: 14.60394592
mean anomaly at epoch: 315.5878°
orbit number at epoch: 38990

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

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