Tiangong 1 - 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 37820U 11053A   13141.45786241  .00061695  00000-0  38021-3 0  8710
2 37820 042.7793 163.0063 0003555 157.1436 352.7711 15.76286159 94423
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 10:59:19
Eccentricity: 0.0003555
inclination: 42.7793°
perigee height: 338 km
apogee height: 343 km
right ascension of ascending node: 163.0063°
argument of perigee: 157.1436°
revolutions per day: 15.76286159
mean anomaly at epoch: 352.7711°
orbit number at epoch: 9442

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

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