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Castor - 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 07802U 75039  B 79043.84672902  .01220847 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9996
2 07802 029.9263 089.4622 0075580 239.4754 131.2973 16.08854092202272
Epoch (UTC): 12 February 1979 20:19:17
Eccentricity: 0.0075580
inclination: 29.9263°
perigee height: 200 km
apogee height: 300 km
right ascension of ascending node: 89.4622°
argument of perigee: 239.4754°
revolutions per day: 16.08854092
mean anomaly at epoch: 131.2973°

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

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