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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   23270.04411652  .00000654  00000-0  22154-3 0  9990
2 20978  98.7484 301.3323 0072686   5.3112 354.8830 14.38738867719737
Epoch (UTC): 27 September 2023 01:03:31
Eccentricity: 0.0072686
inclination: 98.7484°
perigee height: 711 km
apogee height: 814 km
right ascension of ascending node: 301.3323°
argument of perigee: 5.3112°
revolutions per day: 14.38738867
mean anomaly at epoch: 354.8830°
orbit number at epoch: 71973

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

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