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ERS 26 - 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  3951U 69046B   71120.18240740 -.00000433  00000-0  10000-3 0  9995
2  3951  32.9470 146.6540 6908899 208.7530 240.4898  0.46230172  3345
Epoch (UTC): 30 April 1971 04:22:39
Eccentricity: 0.6908899
inclination: 32.9470°
perigee height: 15460 km
apogee height: 113083 km
right ascension of ascending node: 146.6540°
argument of perigee: 208.7530°
revolutions per day: 0.46230172
mean anomaly at epoch: 240.4898°

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

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