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   13143.81845819  .00024687  00000-0  39903-3 0   263
2 00063 048.5156 065.5354 0014703 099.8891 260.3715 15.52494475859997
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 19:38:34
Eccentricity: 0.0014703
inclination: 48.5156°
perigee height: 399 km
apogee height: 419 km
right ascension of ascending node: 65.5354°
argument of perigee: 99.8891°
revolutions per day: 15.52494475
mean anomaly at epoch: 260.3715°
orbit number at epoch: 85999

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

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