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AE-C - 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 06977U 73101  A 78344.43215764  .02836540 +88105-2 +35335-3 0  9993
2 06977 067.9426 343.9822 0001285 206.7624 153.1588 16.36031946276396
Epoch (UTC): 10 December 1978 10:22:18
Eccentricity: 0.0001285
inclination: 67.9426°
perigee height: 175 km
apogee height: 177 km
right ascension of ascending node: 343.9822°
argument of perigee: 206.7624°
revolutions per day: 16.36031946
mean anomaly at epoch: 153.1588°

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

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