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HEOS 1 - 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 03595U 68109  A 70339.19222221  .00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9999
2 03595 061.7822 104.4787 7665399 317.6551 011.1605 00.21477763008957
Epoch (UTC): 05 December 1970 04:36:47
Eccentricity: 0.7665399
inclination: 61.7822°
perigee height: 21119 km
apogee height: 201684 km
right ascension of ascending node: 104.4787°
argument of perigee: 317.6551°
revolutions per day: 0.21477763
mean anomaly at epoch: 11.1605°

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

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