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Courier 1B - 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 00058U          26048.96307409 +.00000000 +00000-0 +29883-4 0 00008
2 00058  28.3298  24.6939 0164749 300.5337  57.9041 13.46424509    06
Epoch (UTC): 17 February 2026 23:06:49
Eccentricity: 0.0164749
inclination: 28.3298°
perigee height: 962 km
apogee height: 1208 km
right ascension of ascending node: 24.6939°
argument of perigee: 300.5337°
revolutions per day: 13.46424509
mean anomaly at epoch: 57.9041°

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

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