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USA 279 - 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 42949U 17066A   21249.71417234 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    08
2 42949   2.8159 335.1754 0003938 138.6479 221.3984  1.00270000    03
Epoch (UTC): 06 September 2021 17:08:24
Eccentricity: 0.0003938
inclination: 2.8159°
perigee height: 35770 km
apogee height: 35803 km
right ascension of ascending node: 335.1754°
argument of perigee: 138.6479°
revolutions per day: 1.00270000
mean anomaly at epoch: 221.3984°
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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