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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   23081.07724740  .00000482  00000-0  16794-3 0  9990
2 20978  98.7648 108.5561 0072524 204.0614 155.7179 14.38533377692560
Epoch (UTC): 22 March 2023 01:51:14
Eccentricity: 0.0072524
inclination: 98.7648°
perigee height: 711 km
apogee height: 815 km
right ascension of ascending node: 108.5561°
argument of perigee: 204.0614°
revolutions per day: 14.38533377
mean anomaly at epoch: 155.7179°
orbit number at epoch: 69256

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

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