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Transit 1B - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00031U 60003  B 67275.67017494  .01669365 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9994
2 00031 051.2007 317.7772 0014942 349.5805 010.4801 16.23394966418285
Epoch (UTC): 02 October 1967 16:05:03
Eccentricity: 0.0014942
inclination: 51.2007°
perigee height: 200 km
apogee height: 220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 317.7772°
argument of perigee: 349.5805°
revolutions per day: 16.23394966
mean anomaly at epoch: 10.4801°

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

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