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HST - Orbit Data

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View from above orbital plane

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View from above satellite

Ground track

Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 20580U 90037B   09321.06096865  .00000344  00000-0  13596-4 0  4779
2 20580 028.4692 184.5336 0003392 108.0013 252.0927 15.00854380872848

Epoch (UTC): 1:27:48 AM, Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Eccentricity: 0.0003392
Inclination: 028.4692°
Perigee Height: 562 km
Apogee Height: 566 km
Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 184.5336°
Argument of Perigee: 108.0013°
Revolutions per Day: 15.00854380
Mean Anomaly at Epoch: 252.0927°
Orbit Number at Epoch: 87284

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow, and the full part is where it is sunlit.


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