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   13141.15569979  .00000178  00000-0  72799-4 0  8604
2 00045 066.6962 348.0525 0254861 034.5392 076.9426 14.32622661752332
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 03:44:12
Eccentricity: 0.0254861
inclination: 66.6962°
perigee height: 600 km
apogee height: 965 km
right ascension of ascending node: 348.0525°
argument of perigee: 34.5392°
revolutions per day: 14.32622661
mean anomaly at epoch: 76.9426°
orbit number at epoch: 75233

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

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