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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          26109.48983036 +.00000000 +00000-0 +29008-3 0 00008
2 00022  50.2458  30.1118 0079415 247.8178 111.4341 15.27701045    04
Epoch (UTC): 19 April 2026 11:45:21
Eccentricity: 0.0079415
inclination: 50.2458°
perigee height: 428 km
apogee height: 537 km
right ascension of ascending node: 30.1118°
argument of perigee: 247.8178°
revolutions per day: 15.27701045
mean anomaly at epoch: 111.4341°

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

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