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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   24260.95500319  .00001053  00000-0  43153-3 0  9996
2 14506  98.3423  59.3465 0010195 320.9802 153.1733 14.29098709124301
Epoch (UTC): 16 September 2024 22:55:12
Eccentricity: 0.0010195
inclination: 98.3423°
perigee height: 787 km
apogee height: 802 km
right ascension of ascending node: 59.3465°
argument of perigee: 320.9802°
revolutions per day: 14.29098709
mean anomaly at epoch: 153.1733°
orbit number at epoch: 12430

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

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