deb Ariane - 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 17130U 86019Z   13143.15872257  .00016000  00000-0  15256-2 0   501
2 17130 097.8087 184.5139 0015420 137.4262 259.2157 14.93335098405051
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 03:48:33
Eccentricity: 0.0015420
inclination: 97.8087°
perigee height: 577 km
apogee height: 598 km
right ascension of ascending node: 184.5139°
argument of perigee: 137.4262°
revolutions per day: 14.93335098
mean anomaly at epoch: 259.2157°
orbit number at epoch: 40505

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

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