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Intelsat 501 - 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 12474U          26150.40891580 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00000
2 12474  10.9994 324.7984 0002552 304.0694 278.8531  0.98854351    06
Epoch (UTC): 30 May 2026 09:48:50
Eccentricity: 0.0002552
inclination: 10.9994°
perigee height: 36178 km
apogee height: 36200 km
right ascension of ascending node: 324.7984°
argument of perigee: 304.0694°
revolutions per day: 0.98854351
mean anomaly at epoch: 278.8531°

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

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