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   13143.15777226  .00066517  00000-0  38205-3 0  8770
2 37820 042.7758 152.6258 0005433 237.4148 218.1302 15.77834708 94693
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 03:47:11
Eccentricity: 0.0005433
inclination: 42.7758°
perigee height: 333 km
apogee height: 340 km
right ascension of ascending node: 152.6258°
argument of perigee: 237.4148°
revolutions per day: 15.77834708
mean anomaly at epoch: 218.1302°
orbit number at epoch: 9469

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

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