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Vela 2A - 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 00836U          26159.19434933 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00009
2 00836  52.8772 118.7365 5119465 276.4069   0.5219  0.23906814    06
Epoch (UTC): 08 June 2026 04:39:51
Eccentricity: 0.5119465
inclination: 52.8772°
perigee height: 47143 km
apogee height: 159424 km
right ascension of ascending node: 118.7365°
argument of perigee: 276.4069°
revolutions per day: 0.23906814
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.5219°

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

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