SL-8 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 29659U 06060B   13137.76980194  .00030646  00000-0  50229-3 0  9363
2 29659 098.0820 042.4836 0019560 245.2511 147.6898 15.52205094358549
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 18:28:30
Eccentricity: 0.0019560
inclination: 98.0820°
perigee height: 397 km
apogee height: 423 km
right ascension of ascending node: 42.4836°
argument of perigee: 245.2511°
revolutions per day: 15.52205094
mean anomaly at epoch: 147.6898°
orbit number at epoch: 35854

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

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