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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   23266.78460746 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    03
2 42941  62.9767 252.4527 6939492 269.5834  17.5844  2.00617618    05
Epoch (UTC): 23 September 2023 18:49:50
Eccentricity: 0.6939492
inclination: 62.9767°
perigee height: 1749 km
apogee height: 38605 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.4527°
argument of perigee: 269.5834°
revolutions per day: 2.00617618
mean anomaly at epoch: 17.5844°
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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