View from above orbital plane
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View from above satellite
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Ground track
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The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,
1 00168U 61019 A 61218.85853340 -.00718067 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 9996
2 00168 064.8394 077.9109 0064437 079.6523 280.7169 16.28592179000104
| Epoch (UTC): | 06 August 1961 20:36:17 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0064437 |
| inclination: | 64.8394° |
| perigee height: | 154 km |
| apogee height: | 238 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 77.9109° |
| argument of perigee: | 79.6523° |
| revolutions per day: | 16.28592179 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 280.7169° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 10 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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