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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   23151.48444435  .00000293  00000-0  13329-3 0  9995
2 14506  98.2978 326.8629 0009836 279.6642 138.7217 14.28514862 56550
Epoch (UTC): 31 May 2023 11:37:35
Eccentricity: 0.0009836
inclination: 98.2978°
perigee height: 789 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 326.8629°
argument of perigee: 279.6642°
revolutions per day: 14.28514862
mean anomaly at epoch: 138.7217°
orbit number at epoch: 5655

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

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