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NOAA 6 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 11416U          26073.57035451 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13778-3 0 00003
2 11416  98.5745 103.6944 0010024 172.3502 187.7838 14.35437713    07
Epoch (UTC): 14 March 2026 13:41:18
Eccentricity: 0.0010024
inclination: 98.5745°
perigee height: 766 km
apogee height: 781 km
right ascension of ascending node: 103.6944°
argument of perigee: 172.3502°
revolutions per day: 14.35437713
mean anomaly at epoch: 187.7838°

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

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