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   13139.21199455  .00000216  00000-0  10200-3 0  2038
2 27422 098.3535 194.2538 0011394 332.2893 059.3542 14.28853459573879
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 05:05:16
Eccentricity: 0.0011394
inclination: 98.3535°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 194.2538°
argument of perigee: 332.2893°
revolutions per day: 14.28853459
mean anomaly at epoch: 59.3542°
orbit number at epoch: 57387

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

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