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Explorer 9 - 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 00081U 61004  A 64099.25942492  .10394656 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9999
2 00081 038.8448 136.7337 0200872 038.1868 323.2614 15.48210031142271
Epoch (UTC): 08 April 1964 06:13:34
Eccentricity: 0.0200872
inclination: 38.8448°
perigee height: 285 km
apogee height: 558 km
right ascension of ascending node: 136.7337°
argument of perigee: 38.1868°
revolutions per day: 15.48210031
mean anomaly at epoch: 323.2614°

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

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