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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   23274.12816291  .00000405  00000-0  21451-3 0  9991
2 18123  98.7275  98.5683 0013568 124.7202 235.5254 14.19108684876622
Epoch (UTC): 01 October 2023 03:04:33
Eccentricity: 0.0013568
inclination: 98.7275°
perigee height: 818 km
apogee height: 838 km
right ascension of ascending node: 98.5683°
argument of perigee: 124.7202°
revolutions per day: 14.19108684
mean anomaly at epoch: 235.5254°
orbit number at epoch: 87662

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

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