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 31798U 07030B   13138.52168170  .00025786  00000-0  53215-3 0  7663
2 31798 098.2170 119.7202 0020688 267.0028 209.1469 15.45630942328078
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:31:13
Eccentricity: 0.0020688
inclination: 98.2170°
perigee height: 415 km
apogee height: 443 km
right ascension of ascending node: 119.7202°
argument of perigee: 267.0028°
revolutions per day: 15.45630942
mean anomaly at epoch: 209.1469°
orbit number at epoch: 32807

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

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