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   13140.45162316  .00000284  00000-0  90566-4 0  9243
2 00047 066.6668 222.5459 0228401 031.5991 329.8594 14.40626172762508
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:50:20
Eccentricity: 0.0228401
inclination: 66.6668°
perigee height: 593 km
apogee height: 919 km
right ascension of ascending node: 222.5459°
argument of perigee: 31.5991°
revolutions per day: 14.40626172
mean anomaly at epoch: 329.8594°
orbit number at epoch: 76250

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

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