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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1    45U 60007A   24257.02283667  .00002349  00000-0  58917-3 0  9997
2    45  66.6930 257.6661 0259324 267.8691  89.2697 14.34922615344748
Epoch (UTC): 13 September 2024 00:32:53
Eccentricity: 0.0259324
inclination: 66.6930°
perigee height: 590 km
apogee height: 961 km
right ascension of ascending node: 257.6661°
argument of perigee: 267.8691°
revolutions per day: 14.34922615
mean anomaly at epoch: 89.2697°
orbit number at epoch: 34474

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

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