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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          26037.80844587 +.00000000 +00000-0 +80449-4 0 00002
2 00116  66.8075 209.8576 0075311 359.4447   0.6536 13.92305626    09
Epoch (UTC): 06 February 2026 19:24:09
Eccentricity: 0.0075311
inclination: 66.8075°
perigee height: 866 km
apogee height: 976 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.8576°
argument of perigee: 359.4447°
revolutions per day: 13.92305626
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.6536°

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

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