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Telstar 1 - 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 00340U          26087.36636366 +.00000000 +00000-0 +46851-3 0 00009
2 00340  44.7961 110.4478 2425817 341.5087  20.2402  9.12889336    01
Epoch (UTC): 28 March 2026 08:47:33
Eccentricity: 0.2425817
inclination: 44.7961°
perigee height: 947 km
apogee height: 5638 km
right ascension of ascending node: 110.4478°
argument of perigee: 341.5087°
revolutions per day: 9.12889336
mean anomaly at epoch: 20.2402°

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

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