ARIANE 44L R/B - 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 26901U 01039B   13140.52400240  .00009050  00000-0  25562-2 0  7441
2 26901 007.0109 160.9269 7036550 307.1217 296.4077 02.58908114103341
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:34:33
Eccentricity: 0.7036550
inclination: 7.0109°
perigee height: 261 km
apogee height: 31788 km
right ascension of ascending node: 160.9269°
argument of perigee: 307.1217°
revolutions per day: 2.58908114
mean anomaly at epoch: 296.4077°
orbit number at epoch: 10334

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

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