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Helios 1B rocket - 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 25979U 99064C   25191.60644209  .00005770  00000-0  25356-3 0  9992
2 25979  98.1996 245.7817 0005224 185.9788 174.1384 15.22353076391756
Epoch (UTC): 10 July 2025 14:33:16
Eccentricity: 0.0005224
inclination: 98.1996°
perigee height: 495 km
apogee height: 502 km
right ascension of ascending node: 245.7817°
argument of perigee: 185.9788°
revolutions per day: 15.22353076
mean anomaly at epoch: 174.1384°
orbit number at epoch: 39175

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

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