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Tiros 1 despin weight - 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 00115U          26047.16553530 +.00000000 +00000-0 +34184-3 0 00000
2 00115  48.1640 335.9356 0026569  72.4438 287.9380 14.97321757    05
Epoch (UTC): 16 February 2026 03:58:22
Eccentricity: 0.0026569
inclination: 48.1640°
perigee height: 557 km
apogee height: 594 km
right ascension of ascending node: 335.9356°
argument of perigee: 72.4438°
revolutions per day: 14.97321757
mean anomaly at epoch: 287.9380°

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

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