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GALEX - Orbit Data

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View from above orbital plane

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View from above satellite

Ground track

Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 27783U 03017A   10251.47700322  .00000252  00000-0  30092-4 0   259
2 27783 028.9976 050.7185 0004214 183.3927 176.6658 14.59849958393343

Epoch (UTC): 11:26:53 AM, Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Eccentricity: 0.0004214
Inclination: 028.9976°
Perigee Height: 690 km
Apogee Height: 696 km
Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 050.7185°
Argument of Perigee: 183.3927°
Revolutions per Day: 14.59849958
Mean Anomaly at Epoch: 176.6658°
Orbit Number at Epoch: 39334

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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