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DMSP 5D-3 F17 - 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 29522U 06050A   23088.49884479  .00000411  00000-0  23792-3 0  9997
2 29522  98.7587 103.0769 0010290 163.5534 196.5975 14.14219682846199
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2023 11:58:20
Eccentricity: 0.0010290
inclination: 98.7587°
perigee height: 837 km
apogee height: 852 km
right ascension of ascending node: 103.0769°
argument of perigee: 163.5534°
revolutions per day: 14.14219682
mean anomaly at epoch: 196.5975°
orbit number at epoch: 84619

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

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