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Injun 5 (Explorer 40) - 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 03338U 68066B   25073.47626212  .00000159  00000-0  15563-3 0  9998
2 03338  80.6565  78.4442 1130419 161.8390 202.6750 12.23393336522090
Epoch (UTC): 14 March 2025 11:25:49
Eccentricity: 0.1130419
inclination: 80.6565°
perigee height: 678 km
apogee height: 2477 km
right ascension of ascending node: 78.4442°
argument of perigee: 161.8390°
revolutions per day: 12.23393336
mean anomaly at epoch: 202.6750°
orbit number at epoch: 52209

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

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