Transit 2A - 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 00045U 60007A   13168.51493031 -.00000020  00000-0  22193-4 0  8811
2 00045 066.6964 276.0793 0257285 014.4459 061.4619 14.32634232756250
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 12:21:29
Eccentricity: 0.0257285
inclination: 66.6964°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 967 km
right ascension of ascending node: 276.0793°
argument of perigee: 14.4459°
revolutions per day: 14.32634232
mean anomaly at epoch: 61.4619°
orbit number at epoch: 75625

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

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