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   13137.76820178  .00027424  00000-0  44784-3 0   211
2 00063 048.5142 097.6468 0014993 067.9854 292.2683 15.52142949859051
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 18:26:12
Eccentricity: 0.0014993
inclination: 48.5142°
perigee height: 400 km
apogee height: 420 km
right ascension of ascending node: 97.6468°
argument of perigee: 67.9854°
revolutions per day: 15.52142949
mean anomaly at epoch: 292.2683°
orbit number at epoch: 85905

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

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