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Viking - 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 16614U          26066.45001424 +.00000000 +00000-0 +54259-3 0 00009
2 16614  98.7880 237.6523 4703125 301.2339  28.9921  5.50591817    03
Epoch (UTC): 07 March 2026 10:48:01
Eccentricity: 0.4703125
inclination: 98.7880°
perigee height: 798 km
apogee height: 13540 km
right ascension of ascending node: 237.6523°
argument of perigee: 301.2339°
revolutions per day: 5.50591817
mean anomaly at epoch: 28.9921°

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

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