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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1   115U 60002D   25137.99591702  .00004644  00000-0  43902-3 0  9994
2   115  48.1625 240.2340 0028523 280.6466  79.1239 14.94926952480107
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2025 23:54:07
Eccentricity: 0.0028523
inclination: 48.1625°
perigee height: 563 km
apogee height: 602 km
right ascension of ascending node: 240.2340°
argument of perigee: 280.6466°
revolutions per day: 14.94926952
mean anomaly at epoch: 79.1239°
orbit number at epoch: 48010

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

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