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DMSP B5D2-4 - 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 18822U 88006A   23080.84151190  .00000406  00000-0  18165-3 0  9999
2 18822  98.3432 285.2966 0005772 332.6859  27.4018 14.27583780827393
Epoch (UTC): 21 March 2023 20:11:46
Eccentricity: 0.0005772
inclination: 98.3432°
perigee height: 795 km
apogee height: 804 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.2966°
argument of perigee: 332.6859°
revolutions per day: 14.27583780
mean anomaly at epoch: 27.4018°
orbit number at epoch: 82739

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

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