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NanoSail-D - 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 37361U 10062L   11240.08287324 0.00080000  00000-0  34962-2 0    08
2 37361  71.9798 226.5786 0035921 239.3813 120.6187 15.21395592    05
Epoch (UTC): 28 August 2011 01:59:20
Eccentricity: 0.0035921
inclination: 71.9798°
perigee height: 477 km
apogee height: 526 km
right ascension of ascending node: 226.5786°
argument of perigee: 239.3813°
revolutions per day: 15.21395592
mean anomaly at epoch: 120.6187°
orbit number at epoch: 0

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

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