GENESIS II - 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 31789U 07028A   13143.78509780  .00002716  00000-0  18620-3 0  6411
2 31789 064.5094 103.4079 0050074 244.9592 190.2382 15.07363110324240
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 18:50:32
Eccentricity: 0.0050074
inclination: 64.5094°
perigee height: 509 km
apogee height: 579 km
right ascension of ascending node: 103.4079°
argument of perigee: 244.9592°
revolutions per day: 15.07363110
mean anomaly at epoch: 190.2382°
orbit number at epoch: 32424

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

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