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USA 8 - 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 15543U          26145.99447551 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00003
2 15543  12.6949 313.7568 0132235  55.9352 118.4554  0.99807159    05
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2026 23:52:02
Eccentricity: 0.0132235
inclination: 12.6949°
perigee height: 35358 km
apogee height: 36477 km
right ascension of ascending node: 313.7568°
argument of perigee: 55.9352°
revolutions per day: 0.99807159
mean anomaly at epoch: 118.4554°

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

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