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   13141.12340566  .00063527  00000-0  39188-3 0  8700
2 37820 042.7798 165.0459 0003629 156.6501 253.0498 15.76253704 94377
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 02:57:42
Eccentricity: 0.0003629
inclination: 42.7798°
perigee height: 338 km
apogee height: 343 km
right ascension of ascending node: 165.0459°
argument of perigee: 156.6501°
revolutions per day: 15.76253704
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.0498°
orbit number at epoch: 9437

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

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