Ariane 42L R/B - 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 26299U 00020B   13142.96610278  .00042227  00000-0  32286-2 0  6009
2 26299 007.4492 101.7119 6172832 309.5269 020.5729 03.82764923159597
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 23:11:11
Eccentricity: 0.6172832
inclination: 7.4492°
perigee height: 228 km
apogee height: 21540 km
right ascension of ascending node: 101.7119°
argument of perigee: 309.5269°
revolutions per day: 3.82764923
mean anomaly at epoch: 20.5729°
orbit number at epoch: 15959

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

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