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Explorer 29 - 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 01726U          26152.24929610 +.00000000 +00000-0 -50872-4 0 00005
2 01726  59.3837  64.8740 0713814 210.3807 324.0814 11.97075929    09
Epoch (UTC): 01 June 2026 05:58:59
Eccentricity: 0.0713814
inclination: 59.3837°
perigee height: 1118 km
apogee height: 2270 km
right ascension of ascending node: 64.8740°
argument of perigee: 210.3807°
revolutions per day: 11.97075929
mean anomaly at epoch: 324.0814°

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

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