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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          26134.58889713 +.00000000 +00000-0 +33162-4 0 00006
2 00045  66.6926  89.0651 0249256 185.4244 174.4151 14.35946853    02
Epoch (UTC): 14 May 2026 14:08:00
Eccentricity: 0.0249256
inclination: 66.6926°
perigee height: 594 km
apogee height: 950 km
right ascension of ascending node: 89.0651°
argument of perigee: 185.4244°
revolutions per day: 14.35946853
mean anomaly at epoch: 174.4151°

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

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