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   13139.82297709  .00000275  00000-0  97512-4 0  8590
2 00045 066.6961 351.5583 0254741 035.5239 043.4973 14.32621441752142
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 19:45:05
Eccentricity: 0.0254741
inclination: 66.6961°
perigee height: 600 km
apogee height: 965 km
right ascension of ascending node: 351.5583°
argument of perigee: 35.5239°
revolutions per day: 14.32621441
mean anomaly at epoch: 43.4973°
orbit number at epoch: 75214

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

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