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Location: Sternwarte auf dem Internationalen Platz Vogelsang IP
(50.5721°N, 6.4398°E)
Time: 00:40:49
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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   25339.23827290  .00018315  00000-0  69402-3 0  9994
2 00022  50.2599 335.6995 0085916  63.9709 297.0065 15.23491252770725
Epoch (UTC): 05 December 2025 05:43:06
Eccentricity: 0.0085916
inclination: 50.2599°
perigee height: 436 km
apogee height: 554 km
right ascension of ascending node: 335.6995°
argument of perigee: 63.9709°
revolutions per day: 15.23491252
mean anomaly at epoch: 297.0065°
orbit number at epoch: 77072

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

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