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Location: Buckeye Ditch
(40.9104°N, 122.9517°W)
Time: 17:36:55
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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00022U 59009A   25138.70272265  .00008869  00000-0  39123-3 0  9999
2 00022  50.2741 234.6938 0092899 346.4059  13.4398 15.18679682740202
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2025 16:51:55
Eccentricity: 0.0092899
inclination: 50.2741°
perigee height: 446 km
apogee height: 574 km
right ascension of ascending node: 234.6938°
argument of perigee: 346.4059°
revolutions per day: 15.18679682
mean anomaly at epoch: 13.4398°
orbit number at epoch: 74020

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

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