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DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB - 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 40500U 95015CP  24279.07535940  .00074818  00000-0  21612-1 0  9997
2 40500  98.7952 320.9941 0018647 251.6882 108.2279 14.43997724495420
Epoch (UTC): 05 October 2024 01:48:31
Eccentricity: 0.0018647
inclination: 98.7952°
perigee height: 732 km
apogee height: 758 km
right ascension of ascending node: 320.9941°
argument of perigee: 251.6882°
revolutions per day: 14.43997724
mean anomaly at epoch: 108.2279°
orbit number at epoch: 49542

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

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