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   13144.82212413  .00001412  00000-0  17829-3 0  8037
2 00107 028.7904 318.2964 0570746 314.4008 137.6159 14.03015069601954
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 19:43:51
Eccentricity: 0.0570746
inclination: 28.7904°
perigee height: 469 km
apogee height: 1298 km
right ascension of ascending node: 318.2964°
argument of perigee: 314.4008°
revolutions per day: 14.03015069
mean anomaly at epoch: 137.6159°
orbit number at epoch: 60195

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

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