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Vela 2B - 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): 14 January 2026 12:54:13
Eccentricity: 0.5462278
inclination: 48.8427°
perigee height: 43256 km
apogee height: 162750 km
right ascension of ascending node: 125.7393°
argument of perigee: 256.7022°
revolutions per day: 0.23998875
mean anomaly at epoch: 359.7533°

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

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