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NOAA 12 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 21263U          26064.19494985 +.00000000 +00000-0 +85239-4 0 00005
2 21263  98.6148  54.2663 0013172 336.8993  23.1594 14.26715785    03
Epoch (UTC): 05 March 2026 04:40:43
Eccentricity: 0.0013172
inclination: 98.6148°
perigee height: 793 km
apogee height: 812 km
right ascension of ascending node: 54.2663°
argument of perigee: 336.8993°
revolutions per day: 14.26715785
mean anomaly at epoch: 23.1594°

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

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