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Explorer 14 - 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 00432U 62051  A 65106.86109634  .00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9998
2 00432 033.6000 212.2097 8681490 141.0172 333.9797 00.66732046001228
Epoch (UTC): 16 April 1965 20:39:58
Eccentricity: 0.8681490
inclination: 33.6000°
perigee height: 915 km
apogee height: 96958 km
right ascension of ascending node: 212.2097°
argument of perigee: 141.0172°
revolutions per day: 0.66732046
mean anomaly at epoch: 333.9797°

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

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