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   13166.82293007  .00008432  00000-0  22633-2 0  8064
2 00085 038.7711 323.4452 0481783 208.9365 148.3849 13.96235431568978
Epoch (UTC): 15 June 2013 19:45:01
Eccentricity: 0.0481783
inclination: 38.7711°
perigee height: 556 km
apogee height: 1258 km
right ascension of ascending node: 323.4452°
argument of perigee: 208.9365°
revolutions per day: 13.96235431
mean anomaly at epoch: 148.3849°
orbit number at epoch: 56897

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

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