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ACS3 Solar Sail - 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 59588U          26136.24911104 +.00000000 +00000-0 +10569-1 0 00000
2 59588  97.1742  62.1881 0026580 350.8071   9.2605 13.92772823    04
Epoch (UTC): 16 May 2026 05:58:43
Eccentricity: 0.0026580
inclination: 97.1742°
perigee height: 900 km
apogee height: 938 km
right ascension of ascending node: 62.1881°
argument of perigee: 350.8071°
revolutions per day: 13.92772823
mean anomaly at epoch: 9.2605°

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

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