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Explorer 29 - 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 01726U          26053.10110322 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13788-3 0 00005
2 01726  59.3791 287.7615 0718541 145.4774   7.8672 11.97074279    03
Epoch (UTC): 22 February 2026 02:25:35
Eccentricity: 0.0718541
inclination: 59.3791°
perigee height: 1114 km
apogee height: 2274 km
right ascension of ascending node: 287.7615°
argument of perigee: 145.4774°
revolutions per day: 11.97074279
mean anomaly at epoch: 7.8672°

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

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