YAOGAN 3 - 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 32289U 07055A   13143.32911808  .00000598  00000-0  83542-4 0  1265
2 32289 097.9085 134.4152 0001608 105.7035 254.4370 14.81223234298802
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 07:53:55
Eccentricity: 0.0001608
inclination: 97.9085°
perigee height: 624 km
apogee height: 626 km
right ascension of ascending node: 134.4152°
argument of perigee: 105.7035°
revolutions per day: 14.81223234
mean anomaly at epoch: 254.4370°
orbit number at epoch: 29880

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

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