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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   25162.86285387  .00000031  00000-0  35305-4 0  9995
2 18123  98.7304 349.1365 0013116 142.4972 217.7122 14.19455623964292
Epoch (UTC): 11 June 2025 20:42:30
Eccentricity: 0.0013116
inclination: 98.7304°
perigee height: 818 km
apogee height: 836 km
right ascension of ascending node: 349.1365°
argument of perigee: 142.4972°
revolutions per day: 14.19455623
mean anomaly at epoch: 217.7122°
orbit number at epoch: 96429

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

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