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DMSP-16 (USA 172) - 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 28054U 03048A   23088.54596619  .00000352  00000-0  21020-3 0  9998
2 28054  99.0112  86.1485 0006446 226.7314 241.6086 14.13782617  3303
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2023 13:06:11
Eccentricity: 0.0006446
inclination: 99.0112°
perigee height: 842 km
apogee height: 851 km
right ascension of ascending node: 86.1485°
argument of perigee: 226.7314°
revolutions per day: 14.13782617
mean anomaly at epoch: 241.6086°
orbit number at epoch: 330

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

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