USA 215 - 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 37162U 10046A   13143.11290784 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    07
2 37162 122.9923 243.5165 0003000 346.9397  13.0603 13.41473034    02
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 02:42:35
Eccentricity: 0.0003000
inclination: 122.9923°
perigee height: 1101 km
apogee height: 1106 km
right ascension of ascending node: 243.5165°
argument of perigee: 346.9397°
revolutions per day: 13.41473034
mean anomaly at epoch: 13.0603°
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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