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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   25137.78151926  .00009689  00000-0  42601-3 0  9992
2 00022  50.2746 239.1759 0092946 342.7591  17.0216 15.18665304740060
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2025 18:45:23
Eccentricity: 0.0092946
inclination: 50.2746°
perigee height: 446 km
apogee height: 574 km
right ascension of ascending node: 239.1759°
argument of perigee: 342.7591°
revolutions per day: 15.18665304
mean anomaly at epoch: 17.0216°
orbit number at epoch: 74006

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

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