Vela 6A - 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 04366U 70027A   84245.00025463 -.00000798 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00033
2 04366 031.1700 056.1602 0848739 082.8200 116.9496 00.21521453004892
Epoch (UTC): 01 September 1984 00:00:22
Eccentricity: 0.0848739
inclination: 31.1700°
perigee height: 101260 km
apogee height: 121226 km
right ascension of ascending node: 56.1602°
argument of perigee: 82.8200°
revolutions per day: 0.21521453
mean anomaly at epoch: 116.9496°
orbit number at epoch: 489

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

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