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Explorer 15 - 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 00445U 62059  A 65295.78699703  .00001558 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9990
2 00445 018.0402 259.6239 5606421 254.7222 039.4907 04.62410654050216
Epoch (UTC): 22 October 1965 18:53:16
Eccentricity: 0.5606421
inclination: 18.0402°
perigee height: 308 km
apogee height: 17373 km
right ascension of ascending node: 259.6239°
argument of perigee: 254.7222°
revolutions per day: 4.62410654
mean anomaly at epoch: 39.4907°

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

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