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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          26129.85409869 +.00000000 +00000-0 +28412-4 0 00006
2 00058  28.3302 334.2408 0164933 250.3829 107.8844 13.46429169    09
Epoch (UTC): 09 May 2026 20:29:54
Eccentricity: 0.0164933
inclination: 28.3302°
perigee height: 962 km
apogee height: 1209 km
right ascension of ascending node: 334.2408°
argument of perigee: 250.3829°
revolutions per day: 13.46429169
mean anomaly at epoch: 107.8844°

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

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