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POLYITAN 1 - 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 40042U 14033AJ  24279.83736428  .00036264  00000-0  24224-2 0  9993
2 40042  98.0825 249.0309 0015238 113.9561 246.3262 15.06802790559479
Epoch (UTC): 05 October 2024 20:05:48
Eccentricity: 0.0015238
inclination: 98.0825°
perigee height: 535 km
apogee height: 556 km
right ascension of ascending node: 249.0309°
argument of perigee: 113.9561°
revolutions per day: 15.06802790
mean anomaly at epoch: 246.3262°
orbit number at epoch: 55947

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

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