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SSS 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 05598U 71096  A 87061.32870574  .15942513 -16120-3 +82295-3 0  9991
2 05598 003.6018 120.7082 0328775 222.3022 134.2839 15.72733572058197
Epoch (UTC): 02 March 1987 07:53:20
Eccentricity: 0.0328775
inclination: 3.6018°
perigee height: 130 km
apogee height: 572 km
right ascension of ascending node: 120.7082°
argument of perigee: 222.3022°
revolutions per day: 15.72733572
mean anomaly at epoch: 134.2839°

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

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