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CHAMP - Orbit Data

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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 26405U 00039B   10039.70024204  .00021966 -11079-5  70082-4 0  1116
2 26405 087.2170 216.9299 0002720 082.4870 277.6716 15.90710673547160

Epoch (UTC): 4:48:21 PM, Monday, February 08, 2010
Eccentricity: 0.0002720
Inclination: 087.2170°
Perigee Height: 298 km
Apogee Height: 302 km
Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 216.9299°
Argument of Perigee: 082.4870°
Revolutions per Day: 15.90710673
Mean Anomaly at Epoch: 277.6716°
Orbit Number at Epoch: 54716

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow, and the full part is where it is sunlit.


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