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Transit 2A - 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 00045U          26106.86777639 +.00000000 +00000-0 +57434-4 0 00007
2 00045  66.6925 162.3894 0251857 205.4872 153.3638 14.35934649    01
Epoch (UTC): 16 April 2026 20:49:35
Eccentricity: 0.0251857
inclination: 66.6925°
perigee height: 592 km
apogee height: 952 km
right ascension of ascending node: 162.3894°
argument of perigee: 205.4872°
revolutions per day: 14.35934649
mean anomaly at epoch: 153.3638°

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

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