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AEROCUBE 6B - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 40046U          26156.41506041 +.00000000 +00000-0 +60593-3 0 00004
2 40046  97.7222 323.2534 0039123  48.9903 311.4692 14.99431467    02
Epoch (UTC): 05 June 2026 09:57:41
Eccentricity: 0.0039123
inclination: 97.7222°
perigee height: 541 km
apogee height: 596 km
right ascension of ascending node: 323.2534°
argument of perigee: 48.9903°
revolutions per day: 14.99431467
mean anomaly at epoch: 311.4692°

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

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