TECSAR - 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 32476U 08002A   13049.98778591 0.00020000  00000-0  48811-3 0    03
2 32476  40.9157 357.4533 0023256  90.9647 269.0347 15.39691276    03
Epoch (UTC): 18 February 2013 23:42:24
Eccentricity: 0.0023256
inclination: 40.9157°
perigee height: 431 km
apogee height: 463 km
right ascension of ascending node: 357.4533°
argument of perigee: 90.9647°
revolutions per day: 15.39691276
mean anomaly at epoch: 269.0347°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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