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   13144.47589882 -.00000095  00000-0 -96176-4 0  8992
2 00050 047.2291 211.5636 0114502 194.1828 165.5735 12.20075162355553
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:25:17
Eccentricity: 0.0114502
inclination: 47.2291°
perigee height: 1501 km
apogee height: 1683 km
right ascension of ascending node: 211.5636°
argument of perigee: 194.1828°
revolutions per day: 12.20075162
mean anomaly at epoch: 165.5735°
orbit number at epoch: 35555

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

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