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   13142.82590343  .00000160  00000-0  68121-4 0  8614
2 00045 066.6963 343.6587 0254991 033.3073 050.9388 14.32624107752571
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 19:49:18
Eccentricity: 0.0254991
inclination: 66.6963°
perigee height: 600 km
apogee height: 965 km
right ascension of ascending node: 343.6587°
argument of perigee: 33.3073°
revolutions per day: 14.32624107
mean anomaly at epoch: 50.9388°
orbit number at epoch: 75257

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

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