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   13140.30432730  .00032292  00000-0  52545-3 0  9389
2 29659 098.0828 045.3338 0019790 235.1652 272.2076 15.52390762358938
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 07:18:13
Eccentricity: 0.0019790
inclination: 98.0828°
perigee height: 396 km
apogee height: 423 km
right ascension of ascending node: 45.3338°
argument of perigee: 235.1652°
revolutions per day: 15.52390762
mean anomaly at epoch: 272.2076°
orbit number at epoch: 35893

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

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