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Vela 1B - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1   674U 63039A   25233.70687258 -.00000484  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2   674  46.9199 107.0652 5061239  83.4591 359.8149  0.22192263 50173
Epoch (UTC): 21 August 2025 16:57:53
Eccentricity: 0.5061239
inclination: 46.9199°
perigee height: 50535 km
apogee height: 167185 km
right ascension of ascending node: 107.0652°
argument of perigee: 83.4591°
revolutions per day: 0.22192263
mean anomaly at epoch: 359.8149°

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

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