deb Explorer IX - 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00085U 61004C   13143.14301929  .00013165  00000-0  36208-2 0  7923
2 00085 038.7665 079.5774 0479136 056.9373 307.6447 13.95625558565660
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 03:25:56
Eccentricity: 0.0479136
inclination: 38.7665°
perigee height: 560 km
apogee height: 1258 km
right ascension of ascending node: 79.5774°
argument of perigee: 56.9373°
revolutions per day: 13.95625558
mean anomaly at epoch: 307.6447°
orbit number at epoch: 56566

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

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