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DMSP B5D2-3 - 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 18123U 87053A   23081.77857840  .00000358  00000-0  19241-3 0  9994
2 18123  98.7261 269.1902 0011909 324.6326  35.4059 14.18989956849349
Epoch (UTC): 22 March 2023 18:41:09
Eccentricity: 0.0011909
inclination: 98.7261°
perigee height: 820 km
apogee height: 837 km
right ascension of ascending node: 269.1902°
argument of perigee: 324.6326°
revolutions per day: 14.18989956
mean anomaly at epoch: 35.4059°
orbit number at epoch: 84934

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

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