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Nimbus 3 - 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 03890U          26053.66240288 +.00000000 +00000-0 +28533-4 0 00000
2 03890  99.7238 298.7135 0038736 241.8631 134.6290 13.42665664    05
Epoch (UTC): 22 February 2026 15:53:51
Eccentricity: 0.0038736
inclination: 99.7238°
perigee height: 1070 km
apogee height: 1128 km
right ascension of ascending node: 298.7135°
argument of perigee: 241.8631°
revolutions per day: 13.42665664
mean anomaly at epoch: 134.6290°

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

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