USA 161 - 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 26934U 01044A   13162.05416784 0.00016000  00000-0  19884-3 0    04
2 26934  97.0285 293.8472 0003000  67.7150 292.2848 15.59974496    05
Epoch (UTC): 11 June 2013 01:18:00
Eccentricity: 0.0003000
inclination: 97.0285°
perigee height: 386 km
apogee height: 390 km
right ascension of ascending node: 293.8472°
argument of perigee: 67.7150°
revolutions per day: 15.59974496
mean anomaly at epoch: 292.2848°
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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