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TD-1A - 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 05879U 72014  A 80005.25645854  .01931614 +11524-5 +19107-2 0  9998
2 05879 097.4568 228.7558 0004204 087.4386 272.7364 16.11269803433461
Epoch (UTC): 05 January 1980 06:09:18
Eccentricity: 0.0004204
inclination: 97.4568°
perigee height: 240 km
apogee height: 246 km
right ascension of ascending node: 228.7558°
argument of perigee: 87.4386°
revolutions per day: 16.11269803
mean anomaly at epoch: 272.7364°

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

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