CENTAUR 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 26906U 01040B   13140.41085794 0.00000060  00000-0  89321-4 0    01
2 26906  63.4726 185.5265 0223000 347.6441  12.3559 13.43859041    04
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 09:51:38
Eccentricity: 0.0223000
inclination: 63.4726°
perigee height: 928 km
apogee height: 1261 km
right ascension of ascending node: 185.5265°
argument of perigee: 347.6441°
revolutions per day: 13.43859041
mean anomaly at epoch: 12.3559°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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