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   13139.77869213  .00061278  00000-0  38115-3 0  8668
2 37820 042.7796 173.2466 0003538 146.0099 184.0452 15.76078577 94150
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 18:41:19
Eccentricity: 0.0003538
inclination: 42.7796°
perigee height: 339 km
apogee height: 344 km
right ascension of ascending node: 173.2466°
argument of perigee: 146.0099°
revolutions per day: 15.76078577
mean anomaly at epoch: 184.0452°
orbit number at epoch: 9415

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

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