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   13141.14978941  .00000041  00000-0  59139-4 0  6100
2 00082 038.8649 042.9158 1177129 216.5134 134.9392 12.25614619490673
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 03:35:41
Eccentricity: 0.1177129
inclination: 38.8649°
perigee height: 633 km
apogee height: 2503 km
right ascension of ascending node: 42.9158°
argument of perigee: 216.5134°
revolutions per day: 12.25614619
mean anomaly at epoch: 134.9392°
orbit number at epoch: 49067

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

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