Tiros 2 - 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 00063U 60016A   13138.79813424  .00032838  00000-0  53321-3 0   224
2 00063 048.5142 092.1813 0014932 073.4763 286.7822 15.52207184859213
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 19:09:18
Eccentricity: 0.0014932
inclination: 48.5142°
perigee height: 400 km
apogee height: 420 km
right ascension of ascending node: 92.1813°
argument of perigee: 73.4763°
revolutions per day: 15.52207184
mean anomaly at epoch: 286.7822°
orbit number at epoch: 85921

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

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