IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P - 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 27422U 02021B   13168.36177103  .00000067  00000-0  43089-4 0  2274
2 27422 098.3516 222.1847 0011585 237.1523 251.7693 14.28863643578031
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 08:40:57
Eccentricity: 0.0011585
inclination: 98.3516°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 222.1847°
argument of perigee: 237.1523°
revolutions per day: 14.28863643
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.7693°
orbit number at epoch: 57803

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

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