Explorer 11/Cluster Stage 4 - 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 00107U 61013A   13140.84271905  .00001174  00000-0  14302-3 0  8001
2 00107 028.7926 340.5615 0570774 278.3338 198.2805 14.03007266601393
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 20:13:30
Eccentricity: 0.0570774
inclination: 28.7926°
perigee height: 469 km
apogee height: 1298 km
right ascension of ascending node: 340.5615°
argument of perigee: 278.3338°
revolutions per day: 14.03007266
mean anomaly at epoch: 198.2805°
orbit number at epoch: 60139

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

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