RISAT 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 38248U 12017A   13169.53123162  .00000319  00000-0  20238-4 0  3063
2 38248 097.5950 176.3533 0002216 069.2770 290.9234 15.08914599 63124
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 12:44:58
Eccentricity: 0.0002216
inclination: 97.5950°
perigee height: 538 km
apogee height: 541 km
right ascension of ascending node: 176.3533°
argument of perigee: 69.2770°
revolutions per day: 15.08914599
mean anomaly at epoch: 290.9234°
orbit number at epoch: 6312

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

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