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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          26152.51907644 +.00000000 +00000-0 -42310-3 0 00006
2 00340  44.8053 349.2074 2427186 111.0542 298.5945  9.12893189    08
Epoch (UTC): 01 June 2026 12:27:28
Eccentricity: 0.2427186
inclination: 44.8053°
perigee height: 945 km
apogee height: 5640 km
right ascension of ascending node: 349.2074°
argument of perigee: 111.0542°
revolutions per day: 9.12893189
mean anomaly at epoch: 298.5945°

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

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