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USA-159 - 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 26880U 01033A   23088.16924253 -.00000300  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 26880  11.6835  24.0482 0001500 345.4961 188.5722  1.00269102 21173
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2023 04:03:42
Eccentricity: 0.0001500
inclination: 11.6835°
perigee height: 35780 km
apogee height: 35793 km
right ascension of ascending node: 24.0482°
argument of perigee: 345.4961°
revolutions per day: 1.00269102
mean anomaly at epoch: 188.5722°
orbit number at epoch: 2117

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

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