IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P - 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 27422U 02021B   13145.17070385  .00000165  00000-0  81834-4 0  2080
2 27422 098.3528 199.9645 0011190 312.8235 112.0949 14.28856588574729
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 04:05:48
Eccentricity: 0.0011190
inclination: 98.3528°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 803 km
right ascension of ascending node: 199.9645°
argument of perigee: 312.8235°
revolutions per day: 14.28856588
mean anomaly at epoch: 112.0949°
orbit number at epoch: 57472

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

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