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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          26109.06293368 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00005
2 00836  52.6620 119.7842 5011327 278.2893   0.3694  0.23904628    06
Epoch (UTC): 19 April 2026 01:30:37
Eccentricity: 0.5011327
inclination: 52.6620°
perigee height: 48332 km
apogee height: 158248 km
right ascension of ascending node: 119.7842°
argument of perigee: 278.2893°
revolutions per day: 0.23904628
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.3694°

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

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