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Explorer 22 - 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 00899U          26106.24630950 +.00000000 +00000-0 +82657-4 0 00005
2 00899  79.6922 194.7830 0118911   5.8381 354.4122 13.83036077    00
Epoch (UTC): 16 April 2026 05:54:41
Eccentricity: 0.0118911
inclination: 79.6922°
perigee height: 866 km
apogee height: 1040 km
right ascension of ascending node: 194.7830°
argument of perigee: 5.8381°
revolutions per day: 13.83036077
mean anomaly at epoch: 354.4122°

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

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