deb Ariane - 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 25668U 92060E   13140.83641797  .00010642  00000-0  16665-2 0  9234
2 25668 007.3996 221.1383 5949977 260.1378 190.2265 04.12738821230185
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 20:04:26
Eccentricity: 0.5949977
inclination: 7.3996°
perigee height: 270 km
apogee height: 19806 km
right ascension of ascending node: 221.1383°
argument of perigee: 260.1378°
revolutions per day: 4.12738821
mean anomaly at epoch: 190.2265°
orbit number at epoch: 23018

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

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