SAR-Lupe-1 - 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 29658U 06060A   12255.88503172 0.00006500  00000-0  24311-3 0    09
2 29658  98.1479 120.2938 0001000  82.9150 277.0848 15.27360175    04
Epoch (UTC): 11 September 2012 21:14:26
Eccentricity: 0.0001000
inclination: 98.1479°
perigee height: 483 km
apogee height: 484 km
right ascension of ascending node: 120.2938°
argument of perigee: 82.9150°
revolutions per day: 15.27360175
mean anomaly at epoch: 277.0848°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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