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Nimbus 3 - 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 03890U          26088.18475852 +.00000000 +00000-0 +24159-4 0 00002
2 03890  99.7178 331.9669 0039664 156.6618 322.5710 13.42667601    07
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2026 04:26:03
Eccentricity: 0.0039664
inclination: 99.7178°
perigee height: 1070 km
apogee height: 1129 km
right ascension of ascending node: 331.9669°
argument of perigee: 156.6618°
revolutions per day: 13.42667601
mean anomaly at epoch: 322.5710°

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

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