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NOAA 17 - 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 27453U          26161.63162149 +.00000000 +00000-0 +80984-4 0 00005
2 27453  98.8649 127.3282 0011998  16.2824 343.8738 14.26234454    04
Epoch (UTC): 10 June 2026 15:09:32
Eccentricity: 0.0011998
inclination: 98.8649°
perigee height: 796 km
apogee height: 813 km
right ascension of ascending node: 127.3282°
argument of perigee: 16.2824°
revolutions per day: 14.26234454
mean anomaly at epoch: 343.8738°

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

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