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   13138.54161676  .00001030  00000-0  22218-3 0  1458
2 28931 098.0323 204.3881 0001277 044.7742 315.3567 14.60390256389715
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:59:55
Eccentricity: 0.0001277
inclination: 98.0323°
perigee height: 691 km
apogee height: 693 km
right ascension of ascending node: 204.3881°
argument of perigee: 44.7742°
revolutions per day: 14.60390256
mean anomaly at epoch: 315.3567°
orbit number at epoch: 38971

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

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