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   13169.15231976  .00000727  00000-0  80710-4 0  8202
2 00107 028.7900 182.1537 0570534 174.8655 268.0025 14.03059048605371
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 03:39:20
Eccentricity: 0.0570534
inclination: 28.7900°
perigee height: 469 km
apogee height: 1297 km
right ascension of ascending node: 182.1537°
argument of perigee: 174.8655°
revolutions per day: 14.03059048
mean anomaly at epoch: 268.0025°
orbit number at epoch: 60537

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

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