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Alouette 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 00424U          26048.37976803 +.00000000 +00000-0 +80557-4 0 00005
2 00424  80.4682  14.9407 0022563 183.6495 176.4490 13.69568789    02
Epoch (UTC): 17 February 2026 09:06:51
Eccentricity: 0.0022563
inclination: 80.4682°
perigee height: 984 km
apogee height: 1018 km
right ascension of ascending node: 14.9407°
argument of perigee: 183.6495°
revolutions per day: 13.69568789
mean anomaly at epoch: 176.4490°

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

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