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   13142.94088559 0.00000090  00000-0  13398-3 0    06
2 26906  63.4726 179.0569 0223000 347.6104  12.3896 13.43860296    03
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 22:34:52
Eccentricity: 0.0223000
inclination: 63.4726°
perigee height: 928 km
apogee height: 1261 km
right ascension of ascending node: 179.0569°
argument of perigee: 347.6104°
revolutions per day: 13.43860296
mean anomaly at epoch: 12.3896°
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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