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Transit 4A - 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 00116U          26133.05861345 +.00000000 +00000-0 +41162-4 0 00006
2 00116  66.8102 336.7904 0081540 295.5231  63.7432 13.92325791    07
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2026 01:24:24
Eccentricity: 0.0081540
inclination: 66.8102°
perigee height: 861 km
apogee height: 980 km
right ascension of ascending node: 336.7904°
argument of perigee: 295.5231°
revolutions per day: 13.92325791
mean anomaly at epoch: 63.7432°

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

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