Transit 2A Rocket - 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 00047U 60007C   13168.49856916  .00000244  00000-0  80832-4 0  9468
2 00047 066.6663 147.7302 0230989 010.9371 349.6630 14.40648706766541
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 11:57:56
Eccentricity: 0.0230989
inclination: 66.6663°
perigee height: 591 km
apogee height: 921 km
right ascension of ascending node: 147.7302°
argument of perigee: 10.9371°
revolutions per day: 14.40648706
mean anomaly at epoch: 349.6630°
orbit number at epoch: 76654

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

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