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Location: Albuquerque Trailhead
(34.7934°N, 106.3736°W)
Time: 19:10:51
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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  23086.83993812  .00008729  00000-0  83230-3 0  9998
2 40042  98.0006  33.9133 0012695 187.4811 172.6220 14.93536635475898
Epoch (UTC): 27 March 2023 20:09:30
Eccentricity: 0.0012695
inclination: 98.0006°
perigee height: 578 km
apogee height: 596 km
right ascension of ascending node: 33.9133°
argument of perigee: 187.4811°
revolutions per day: 14.93536635
mean anomaly at epoch: 172.6220°
orbit number at epoch: 47589

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

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