Tiros 2 - 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 00063U 60016A   13141.11532116  .00026560  00000-0  43088-3 0   246
2 00063 048.5149 079.8835 0014807 085.6211 274.6426 15.52347659859577
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 02:46:03
Eccentricity: 0.0014807
inclination: 48.5149°
perigee height: 400 km
apogee height: 420 km
right ascension of ascending node: 79.8835°
argument of perigee: 85.6211°
revolutions per day: 15.52347659
mean anomaly at epoch: 274.6426°
orbit number at epoch: 85957

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

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