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Explorer 17 - 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 00564U 63009  A 66327.40661636  .41117245 +2821402 +00000-0 0 02142
2 00564 057.6437 347.3897 0027256 125.5060 234.7807 16.38971129203644
Epoch (UTC): 23 November 1966 09:45:31
Eccentricity: 0.0027256
inclination: 57.6437°
perigee height: 151 km
apogee height: 186 km
right ascension of ascending node: 347.3897°
argument of perigee: 125.5060°
revolutions per day: 16.38971129
mean anomaly at epoch: 234.7807°

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

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