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   13138.19903886  .00001007  00000-0  21728-3 0  1444
2 28931 098.0322 204.0559 0001281 044.9499 315.1836 14.60389361389665
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 04:46:36
Eccentricity: 0.0001281
inclination: 98.0322°
perigee height: 691 km
apogee height: 693 km
right ascension of ascending node: 204.0559°
argument of perigee: 44.9499°
revolutions per day: 14.60389361
mean anomaly at epoch: 315.1836°
orbit number at epoch: 38966

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

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