USA 129 - 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 24680U 96072A   13169.85336584 0.00006000  00000-0  10313-3 0    06
2 24680  97.5775 223.0986 0336553 228.0661 131.9338 15.07002395    02
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 20:28:50
Eccentricity: 0.0336553
inclination: 97.5775°
perigee height: 312 km
apogee height: 778 km
right ascension of ascending node: 223.0986°
argument of perigee: 228.0661°
revolutions per day: 15.07002395
mean anomaly at epoch: 131.9338°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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