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Explorer 7 - 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 00022U          26104.32235389 +.00000000 +00000-0 +20128-3 0 00001
2 00022  50.2446  55.6182 0079736 227.0893 132.3357 15.27635970    06
Epoch (UTC): 14 April 2026 07:44:11
Eccentricity: 0.0079736
inclination: 50.2446°
perigee height: 428 km
apogee height: 538 km
right ascension of ascending node: 55.6182°
argument of perigee: 227.0893°
revolutions per day: 15.27635970
mean anomaly at epoch: 132.3357°

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

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