DMSP B5D2-2 - 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 14506U 83113A   13137.73409722  .00000216  00000-0  10616-3 0   437
2 14506 098.6816 021.2584 0010359 255.5087 136.2518 14.27313837533699
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 17:37:06
Eccentricity: 0.0010359
inclination: 98.6816°
perigee height: 793 km
apogee height: 808 km
right ascension of ascending node: 21.2584°
argument of perigee: 255.5087°
revolutions per day: 14.27313837
mean anomaly at epoch: 136.2518°
orbit number at epoch: 53369

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

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