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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,

1 00837U          26152.00751050 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00005
2 00837  48.7113 121.7716 6047784 256.4160   0.7140  0.24000687    08
Epoch (UTC): 01 June 2026 00:10:48
Eccentricity: 0.6047784
inclination: 48.7113°
perigee height: 36849 km
apogee height: 169145 km
right ascension of ascending node: 121.7716°
argument of perigee: 256.4160°
revolutions per day: 0.24000687
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.7140°

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

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