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   13167.79474765  .00016827  00000-0  26179-3 0  9600
2 29659 098.0797 076.2815 0022519 137.1569 255.5551 15.53712377363206
Epoch (UTC): 16 June 2013 19:04:26
Eccentricity: 0.0022519
inclination: 98.0797°
perigee height: 390 km
apogee height: 421 km
right ascension of ascending node: 76.2815°
argument of perigee: 137.1569°
revolutions per day: 15.53712377
mean anomaly at epoch: 255.5551°
orbit number at epoch: 36320

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

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