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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   24315.88179507  .00000632  00000-0  33488-3 0  9997
2 21798  98.7542 343.9934 0013687 143.0867 217.1252 14.17173139702504
Epoch (UTC): 10 November 2024 21:09:47
Eccentricity: 0.0013687
inclination: 98.7542°
perigee height: 825 km
apogee height: 845 km
right ascension of ascending node: 343.9934°
argument of perigee: 143.0867°
revolutions per day: 14.17173139
mean anomaly at epoch: 217.1252°
orbit number at epoch: 70250

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

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