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Mercury Atlas 8 - 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 00433U 62052  A 62276.56409039  .02123437 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9996
2 00433 032.5500 058.6365 0098501 074.3803 143.5476 16.19408693000016
Epoch (UTC): 03 October 1962 13:32:17
Eccentricity: 0.0098501
inclination: 32.5500°
perigee height: 156 km
apogee height: 286 km
right ascension of ascending node: 58.6365°
argument of perigee: 74.3803°
revolutions per day: 16.19408693
mean anomaly at epoch: 143.5476°

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

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