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   13137.98983818  .00015416  00000-0  42443-2 0  7896
2 00085 038.7666 104.8338 0479536 023.8195 338.3969 13.95455187564947
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 23:45:22
Eccentricity: 0.0479536
inclination: 38.7666°
perigee height: 560 km
apogee height: 1259 km
right ascension of ascending node: 104.8338°
argument of perigee: 23.8195°
revolutions per day: 13.95455187
mean anomaly at epoch: 338.3969°
orbit number at epoch: 56494

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

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