User: anonymous   Login
Location: Unspecified
(0.0000°N, 0.0000°E)
Time: 05:11:24
(UTC+00:00)
Language:

Telstar 2 - 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 00573U          26046.25915873 +.00000000 +00000-0 +16999-3 0 00003
2 00573  42.7467 113.1599 4008258   2.5659  17.4402  6.39265311    04
Epoch (UTC): 15 February 2026 06:13:11
Eccentricity: 0.4008258
inclination: 42.7467°
perigee height: 970 km
apogee height: 10801 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.1599°
argument of perigee: 2.5659°
revolutions per day: 6.39265311
mean anomaly at epoch: 17.4402°

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

DLR