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Echo 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 00740U 64004  A 69156.79556806  .03889016 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9993
2 00740 081.3964 155.7916 0041610 159.4828 200.7969 15.24081695264654
Epoch (UTC): 05 June 1969 19:05:37
Eccentricity: 0.0041610
inclination: 81.3964°
perigee height: 465 km
apogee height: 522 km
right ascension of ascending node: 155.7916°
argument of perigee: 159.4828°
revolutions per day: 15.24081695
mean anomaly at epoch: 200.7969°

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

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