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ERS 20 - 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  2768U 67040D   75042.57142285 -.00000859  00000-0  10000-3 0  9999
2  2768  35.1200 158.1261 7498300 182.8409 167.1313  0.50865911 13857
Epoch (UTC): 11 February 1975 13:42:50
Eccentricity: 0.7498300
inclination: 35.1200°
perigee height: 10205 km
apogee height: 109617 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.1261°
argument of perigee: 182.8409°
revolutions per day: 0.50865911
mean anomaly at epoch: 167.1313°

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

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