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   13140.13491791 -.00000109  00000-0 -22902-3 0  8971
2 00050 047.2299 225.0355 0114422 181.2278 178.8243 12.20075460355020
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 03:14:16
Eccentricity: 0.0114422
inclination: 47.2299°
perigee height: 1501 km
apogee height: 1683 km
right ascension of ascending node: 225.0355°
argument of perigee: 181.2278°
revolutions per day: 12.20075460
mean anomaly at epoch: 178.8243°
orbit number at epoch: 35502

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

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