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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          26111.31999551 +.00000000 +00000-0 +21213-3 0 00006
2 16614  98.7888 245.7378 4696193 277.9050  47.4795  5.50594080    04
Epoch (UTC): 21 April 2026 07:40:47
Eccentricity: 0.4696193
inclination: 98.7888°
perigee height: 807 km
apogee height: 13531 km
right ascension of ascending node: 245.7378°
argument of perigee: 277.9050°
revolutions per day: 5.50594080
mean anomaly at epoch: 47.4795°

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

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