N. Korean satellite - 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 39026U 12072A   13143.17813127  .00004207  00000-0  25344-3 0  5185
2 39026 097.3791 192.3010 0057439 338.3093 021.5685 15.09933721 24464
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 04:16:30
Eccentricity: 0.0057439
inclination: 97.3791°
perigee height: 496 km
apogee height: 576 km
right ascension of ascending node: 192.3010°
argument of perigee: 338.3093°
revolutions per day: 15.09933721
mean anomaly at epoch: 21.5685°
orbit number at epoch: 2446

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

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