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   13136.02050265 0.00000100  00000-0  14886-3 0    06
2 26906  63.4726 196.7532 0223000 347.7026  12.2974 13.43861063    02
Epoch (UTC): 16 May 2013 00:29:31
Eccentricity: 0.0223000
inclination: 63.4726°
perigee height: 928 km
apogee height: 1261 km
right ascension of ascending node: 196.7532°
argument of perigee: 347.7026°
revolutions per day: 13.43861063
mean anomaly at epoch: 12.2974°
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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