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UK Subsatellite - 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 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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