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Injun/Solrad 3 - 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 00117U          26129.95877256 +.00000000 +00000-0 +45762-4 0 00009
2 00117  66.8109  98.3426 0081970 320.7342  38.7809 13.90186843    07
Epoch (UTC): 09 May 2026 23:00:37
Eccentricity: 0.0081970
inclination: 66.8109°
perigee height: 868 km
apogee height: 988 km
right ascension of ascending node: 98.3426°
argument of perigee: 320.7342°
revolutions per day: 13.90186843
mean anomaly at epoch: 38.7809°

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

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