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Samos 5 Reflector - 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 00217U 61035  A 62224.81690329  .02183794 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9993
2 00217 089.6614 069.6393 0000000 306.0785 209.0990 16.34065792036103
Epoch (UTC): 12 August 1962 19:36:20
Eccentricity: 0.0000000
inclination: 89.6614°
perigee height: 181 km
apogee height: 181 km
right ascension of ascending node: 69.6393°
argument of perigee: 306.0785°
revolutions per day: 16.34065792
mean anomaly at epoch: 209.0990°

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

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