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   13137.07564415  .00000004  00000-0  31992-4 0  6098
2 00082 038.8626 057.9875 1176754 196.8658 158.9471 12.25613916490172
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 01:48:55
Eccentricity: 0.1176754
inclination: 38.8626°
perigee height: 633 km
apogee height: 2503 km
right ascension of ascending node: 57.9875°
argument of perigee: 196.8658°
revolutions per day: 12.25613916
mean anomaly at epoch: 158.9471°
orbit number at epoch: 49017

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

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