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Vela 4A - 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,

Epoch (UTC): 16 July 2025 21:06:39
Eccentricity: 0.4946527
inclination: 38.9537°
perigee height: 53076 km
apogee height: 169467 km
right ascension of ascending node: 15.4074°
argument of perigee: 279.1044°
revolutions per day: 0.21513482
mean anomaly at epoch: 359.3388°

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

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