FENGYUN 3A - 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 32958U 08026A   13181.44239862  .00000100  00000-0  47538-4 0   314
2 32958 098.6046 246.2058 0009839 149.1858 211.0496 14.19354827263945
Epoch (UTC): 30 June 2013 10:37:03
Eccentricity: 0.0009839
inclination: 98.6046°
perigee height: 820 km
apogee height: 834 km
right ascension of ascending node: 246.2058°
argument of perigee: 149.1858°
revolutions per day: 14.19354827
mean anomaly at epoch: 211.0496°
orbit number at epoch: 26394

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

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