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deb Explorer IX - 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    85U 61004C   24318.15993097  .00056067  00000-0  54051-2 0  9996
2    85  38.7181 271.1980 0204221 296.9874  61.0169 14.77646962162203
Epoch (UTC): 13 November 2024 03:50:18
Eccentricity: 0.0204221
inclination: 38.7181°
perigee height: 493 km
apogee height: 780 km
right ascension of ascending node: 271.1980°
argument of perigee: 296.9874°
revolutions per day: 14.77646962
mean anomaly at epoch: 61.0169°
orbit number at epoch: 16220

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

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