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DMSP B5D2-5 - 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 20978U 90105A   23337.57020990  .00000759  00000-0  25400-3 0  9996
2 20978  98.7379  10.1257 0072861 163.1977 197.1648 14.38836473729196
Epoch (UTC): 03 December 2023 13:41:06
Eccentricity: 0.0072861
inclination: 98.7379°
perigee height: 710 km
apogee height: 814 km
right ascension of ascending node: 10.1257°
argument of perigee: 163.1977°
revolutions per day: 14.38836473
mean anomaly at epoch: 197.1648°
orbit number at epoch: 72919

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

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