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   13137.49128406  .00021670  00000-0  44853-3 0  7651
2 31798 098.2172 118.5537 0020673 271.1256 235.3647 15.45583141327910
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 11:47:26
Eccentricity: 0.0020673
inclination: 98.2172°
perigee height: 415 km
apogee height: 444 km
right ascension of ascending node: 118.5537°
argument of perigee: 271.1256°
revolutions per day: 15.45583141
mean anomaly at epoch: 235.3647°
orbit number at epoch: 32791

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

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