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   13141.77067275  .00000248  00000-0  82364-4 0  9255
2 00047 066.6664 219.0275 0228541 030.6200 330.8013 14.40627283762691
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 18:29:46
Eccentricity: 0.0228541
inclination: 66.6664°
perigee height: 593 km
apogee height: 919 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.0275°
argument of perigee: 30.6200°
revolutions per day: 14.40627283
mean anomaly at epoch: 330.8013°
orbit number at epoch: 76269

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

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