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 33066U 08031G   13143.72615668  .00000170  00000-0  62312-4 0  4961
2 33066 048.4423 213.6823 0008176 317.6503 189.9792 14.68391741264356
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 17:25:39
Eccentricity: 0.0008176
inclination: 48.4423°
perigee height: 660 km
apogee height: 672 km
right ascension of ascending node: 213.6823°
argument of perigee: 317.6503°
revolutions per day: 14.68391741
mean anomaly at epoch: 189.9792°
orbit number at epoch: 26435

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

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