View from above orbital plane
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View from above satellite
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Ground track
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The orbit is defined by the following mean orbital elements,
1 15201U 84088C 97099.00000000 -.00000662 00000-0 10000-3 0 9990
2 15201 022.0586 280.0838 8843992 334.4427 344.6578 00.54144034 25024
| Epoch (UTC): | 09 April 1997 00:00:00 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.8843992 |
| inclination: | 22.0586° |
| perigee height: | 972 km |
| apogee height: | 113444 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 280.0838° |
| argument of perigee: | 334.4427° |
| revolutions per day: | 0.54144034 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 344.6578° |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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