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Explorer 27 - 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 01328U          26088.13975028 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13647-3 0 00000
2 01328  41.1866 359.7855 0242689 249.7486 107.7024 13.38922484    00
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2026 03:21:14
Eccentricity: 0.0242689
inclination: 41.1866°
perigee height: 931 km
apogee height: 1295 km
right ascension of ascending node: 359.7855°
argument of perigee: 249.7486°
revolutions per day: 13.38922484
mean anomaly at epoch: 107.7024°

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

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