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   13138.78545449  .00000296  00000-0  93255-4 0  9238
2 00047 066.6670 226.9899 0228265 032.8350 328.6701 14.40625159762262
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 18:51:03
Eccentricity: 0.0228265
inclination: 66.6670°
perigee height: 593 km
apogee height: 919 km
right ascension of ascending node: 226.9899°
argument of perigee: 32.8350°
revolutions per day: 14.40625159
mean anomaly at epoch: 328.6701°
orbit number at epoch: 76226

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

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