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Pegasus 2/Saturn SA-8 - 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 01381U 65039  A 79307.49303108  .09516714 -14427-4 +26558-3 0 03764
2 01381 031.7474 161.1695 0002959 273.9325 086.1002 16.32717544794788
Epoch (UTC): 03 November 1979 11:49:57
Eccentricity: 0.0002959
inclination: 31.7474°
perigee height: 183 km
apogee height: 187 km
right ascension of ascending node: 161.1695°
argument of perigee: 273.9325°
revolutions per day: 16.32717544
mean anomaly at epoch: 86.1002°

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

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