Altair - 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 00050U 60009B   13138.08728373 -.00000077  00000-0  79572-4 0  8969
2 00050 047.2302 231.3903 0114405 175.1253 185.0675 12.20074829354778
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 02:05:41
Eccentricity: 0.0114405
inclination: 47.2302°
perigee height: 1501 km
apogee height: 1683 km
right ascension of ascending node: 231.3903°
argument of perigee: 175.1253°
revolutions per day: 12.20074829
mean anomaly at epoch: 185.0675°
orbit number at epoch: 35477

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

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