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DMSP B5D2-2 - 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 14506U 83113A   24277.20957193  .00001899  00000-0  76446-3 0  9997
2 14506  98.3445  74.9074 0009864 268.0971 264.6623 14.29134850126917
Epoch (UTC): 03 October 2024 05:01:47
Eccentricity: 0.0009864
inclination: 98.3445°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 802 km
right ascension of ascending node: 74.9074°
argument of perigee: 268.0971°
revolutions per day: 14.29134850
mean anomaly at epoch: 264.6623°
orbit number at epoch: 12691

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

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