In this example we will show how to plot ground track for satellites.

clear all;
clc;
% Earth topographic map
figure(1);
xwidth = 820;
ywidth = 420;
hFig = figure(1);
 set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto')
 set(hFig, 'Position', [100 100 xwidth ywidth])
hold on;
grid on;
axis([0 360 -90 90]);
load('topo.mat','topo','topomap1');
contour(0:359,-89:90,topo,[0 0],'b')
axis equal
box on
set(gca,'XLim',[0 360],'YLim',[-90 90], ...
    'XTick',[0 60 120 180 240 300 360], ...
    'Ytick',[-90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90]);
image([0 360],[-90 90],topo,'CDataMapping', 'scaled');
colormap(topomap1);
ylabel('Latitude [deg]');
xlabel('Longitude [deg]');
title('MOLNIYA 1-93 satellite ground track');

R_e = 6378;        % Earth's radius
mu = 398600;       % Earth’s gravitational parameter [km^3/s^2]
J2 = 0.0010836;
we = 360*(1 + 1/365.25)/(3600*24);      % Earth's rotation [deg/s]
% MOLNIYA 1-93 Orbital Elements /Source: AFSPC
rp    =  1523.9 + R_e;       % [km] Perigee Radius
ra    =  38843.1 + R_e;      % [km] Apogee Radius
theta =  0;                  % [deg] True anomaly
RAAN  =  141.4992;           % [deg] Right ascension of the ascending node
i     =  64.7;               % [deg] Inclination
omega =  253.3915 ;          % [deg] Argument of perigee

a = (ra+rp)/2;               % Semimajor axis
e = (ra -rp)/(ra+rp) ;       % Eccentricity
h = (mu*rp*(1 + e))^0.5;     % Angular momentum
T = 2*pi*a^1.5/mu^0.5;       % Period
dRAAN = -(1.5*mu^0.5*J2*R_e^2/((1-e^2)*a^3.5))*cosd(i)*180/pi;
domega = dRAAN*(2.5*sind(i)^2 - 2)/cosd(i);
% Initial state
[R0 V0] = Orbital2State( h, i, RAAN, e,omega,theta);
[ alfa0 ,delta0 ] = R2RA_Dec( R0 );
scatter(alfa0,delta0,'*k');

ind = 1;
eps = 1E-9;
dt = 20;        % time step [sec]
ti = 0;

while(ti <= 2.5*T);
    E = 2*atan(tand(theta/2)*((1-e)/(1+e))^0.5);
    M = E  - e*sin(E);
    t0 = M/(2*pi)*T;
    t = t0 + dt;
    M = 2*pi*t/T;
    E = keplerEq(M,e,eps);
    theta = 2*atan(tan(E/2)*((1+e)/(1-e))^0.5)*180/pi;
    RAAN  = RAAN  +  dRAAN*dt ;
    omega = omega + domega*dt;
    [R V] = Orbital2State( h, i, RAAN, e,omega,theta);
    % Considering Earth's rotation
    fi_earth = we*ti;
    Rot = [cosd(fi_earth), sind(fi_earth),0;...
        -sind(fi_earth),cosd(fi_earth),0;0,0,1];
    R = Rot*R;
    [ alfa(ind) ,delta(ind) ] = R2RA_Dec( R );
    ti = ti+dt;
    ind = ind + 1;
end
scatter(alfa,delta,'.r');
text(280,-80,'smallsats.org','Color',[1 1 1], 'VerticalAlignment','middle',...
	'HorizontalAlignment','left','FontSize',14 );