Transit 2A - 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 00045U 60007A   13138.35164356  .00000356  00000-0  11828-3 0  8582
2 00045 066.6963 355.4291 0254631 036.6083 015.1820 14.32619430751938
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 08:26:22
Eccentricity: 0.0254631
inclination: 66.6963°
perigee height: 600 km
apogee height: 965 km
right ascension of ascending node: 355.4291°
argument of perigee: 36.6083°
revolutions per day: 14.32619430
mean anomaly at epoch: 15.1820°
orbit number at epoch: 75193

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

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