S-56A Canister/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 00082U 61004B   13167.47624829 -.00000018  00000-0  25138-4 0  6160
2 00082 038.8578 305.5226 1176259 343.3942 013.1134 12.25615913493906
Epoch (UTC): 16 June 2013 11:25:47
Eccentricity: 0.1176259
inclination: 38.8578°
perigee height: 633 km
apogee height: 2503 km
right ascension of ascending node: 305.5226°
argument of perigee: 343.3942°
revolutions per day: 12.25615913
mean anomaly at epoch: 13.1134°
orbit number at epoch: 49390

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

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