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   13144.11787351  .00000189  00000-0  91536-4 0  2076
2 27422 098.3529 198.9557 0011235 316.0153 096.3769 14.28855960574576
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 02:49:44
Eccentricity: 0.0011235
inclination: 98.3529°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 803 km
right ascension of ascending node: 198.9557°
argument of perigee: 316.0153°
revolutions per day: 14.28855960
mean anomaly at epoch: 96.3769°
orbit number at epoch: 57457

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

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