Explorer 11/Cluster Stage 4 - 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 00107U 61013A   13138.00367251  .00001393  00000-0  17361-3 0  7983
2 00107 028.7936 356.4441 0570797 252.6062 258.7926 14.02999285600992
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 00:05:17
Eccentricity: 0.0570797
inclination: 28.7936°
perigee height: 469 km
apogee height: 1298 km
right ascension of ascending node: 356.4441°
argument of perigee: 252.6062°
revolutions per day: 14.02999285
mean anomaly at epoch: 258.7926°
orbit number at epoch: 60099

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

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