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USA 278 - 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 42941U 17056A   23058.52378684 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    03
2 42941  63.1952 277.8236 7046149 268.9863  91.0139  2.00619834    02
Epoch (UTC): 27 February 2023 12:34:15
Eccentricity: 0.7046149
inclination: 63.1952°
perigee height: 1466 km
apogee height: 38888 km
right ascension of ascending node: 277.8236°
argument of perigee: 268.9863°
revolutions per day: 2.00619834
mean anomaly at epoch: 91.0139°
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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