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   13138.97160613  .00002253  00000-0  32693-3 0   926
2 00115 048.1655 087.1421 0037897 030.7590 016.8277 14.79022391829265
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 23:19:06
Eccentricity: 0.0037897
inclination: 48.1655°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 659 km
right ascension of ascending node: 87.1421°
argument of perigee: 30.7590°
revolutions per day: 14.79022391
mean anomaly at epoch: 16.8277°
orbit number at epoch: 82926

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

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