User: anonymous   Login
Location: Unspecified
(0.0000°N, 0.0000°E)
Time: 09:28:00
(UTC+00:00)
Language:

Pegasus 1/Saturn SA-9 - 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 01085U 65009  A 78260.10482279  .18241631 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 02247
2 01085 031.7228 272.6338 0025530 308.3466 054.6075 16.42422799752002
Epoch (UTC): 17 September 1978 02:30:56
Eccentricity: 0.0025530
inclination: 31.7228°
perigee height: 143 km
apogee height: 176 km
right ascension of ascending node: 272.6338°
argument of perigee: 308.3466°
revolutions per day: 16.42422799
mean anomaly at epoch: 54.6075°

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

DLR