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Skylab - 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 06633U 73027  A 79185.88914720  .01109374 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9991
2 06633 050.0279 012.4010 0004938 264.3626 095.7798 16.18386537348710
Epoch (UTC): 04 July 1979 21:20:22
Eccentricity: 0.0004938
inclination: 50.0279°
perigee height: 220 km
apogee height: 227 km
right ascension of ascending node: 12.4010°
argument of perigee: 264.3626°
revolutions per day: 16.18386537
mean anomaly at epoch: 95.7798°

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

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