Vela 4B - 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 02766U 67040B   74251.73833333 -.00000154 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00486
2 02766 037.1690 130.8800 1052100 072.5800 207.4990 00.21464491005670
Epoch (UTC): 08 September 1974 17:43:12
Eccentricity: 0.1052100
inclination: 37.1690°
perigee height: 99055 km
apogee height: 123848 km
right ascension of ascending node: 130.8800°
argument of perigee: 72.5800°
revolutions per day: 0.21464491
mean anomaly at epoch: 207.4990°
orbit number at epoch: 567

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

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