Transit 2A Rocket - 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 00047U 60007C   13143.71453297  .00000298  00000-0  93684-4 0  9267
2 00047 066.6661 213.8427 0228713 029.1778 332.1878 14.40628459762974
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 17:08:55
Eccentricity: 0.0228713
inclination: 66.6661°
perigee height: 593 km
apogee height: 919 km
right ascension of ascending node: 213.8427°
argument of perigee: 29.1778°
revolutions per day: 14.40628459
mean anomaly at epoch: 332.1878°
orbit number at epoch: 76297

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

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