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DMSP B5D2-6 - 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 21798U 91082A   23081.51512401  .00000165  00000-0  10436-3 0  9999
2 21798  98.8165 111.8913 0013949  63.7310 296.5296 14.16811178617872
Epoch (UTC): 22 March 2023 12:21:46
Eccentricity: 0.0013949
inclination: 98.8165°
perigee height: 826 km
apogee height: 846 km
right ascension of ascending node: 111.8913°
argument of perigee: 63.7310°
revolutions per day: 14.16811178
mean anomaly at epoch: 296.5296°
orbit number at epoch: 61787

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

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