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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,

Epoch (UTC): 27 December 2025 06:26:25
Eccentricity: 0.4807737
inclination: 52.1831°
perigee height: 50563 km
apogee height: 156011 km
right ascension of ascending node: 122.2924°
argument of perigee: 282.3962°
revolutions per day: 0.23905195
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.4268°

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

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