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Courier 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 00058U          26039.17613391 +.00000000 +00000-0 +42846-4 0 00005
2 00058  28.3284  74.3519 0164746 219.4955 139.3479 13.46424201    07
Epoch (UTC): 08 February 2026 04:13:37
Eccentricity: 0.0164746
inclination: 28.3284°
perigee height: 962 km
apogee height: 1208 km
right ascension of ascending node: 74.3519°
argument of perigee: 219.4955°
revolutions per day: 13.46424201
mean anomaly at epoch: 139.3479°

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

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