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   13144.75588618  .00000293  00000-0  92551-4 0  9276
2 00047 066.6659 211.0650 0228813 028.4067 332.9288 14.40629696763128
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 18:08:28
Eccentricity: 0.0228813
inclination: 66.6659°
perigee height: 593 km
apogee height: 919 km
right ascension of ascending node: 211.0650°
argument of perigee: 28.4067°
revolutions per day: 14.40629696
mean anomaly at epoch: 332.9288°
orbit number at epoch: 76312

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

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