Tiros 1 despin weight - 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 00115U 60002D   13141.07859630  .00001795  00000-0  26632-3 0   943
2 00115 048.1662 077.0831 0037853 040.1632 075.2995 14.79031260829575
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 01:53:10
Eccentricity: 0.0037853
inclination: 48.1662°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 659 km
right ascension of ascending node: 77.0831°
argument of perigee: 40.1632°
revolutions per day: 14.79031260
mean anomaly at epoch: 75.2995°
orbit number at epoch: 82957

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

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