deb Explorer IX - 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 00085U 61004C   13139.27821100  .00015965  00000-0  43906-2 0  7901
2 00085 038.7660 098.5199 0479457 032.1142 330.7883 13.95504969565127
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 06:40:37
Eccentricity: 0.0479457
inclination: 38.7660°
perigee height: 560 km
apogee height: 1259 km
right ascension of ascending node: 98.5199°
argument of perigee: 32.1142°
revolutions per day: 13.95504969
mean anomaly at epoch: 330.7883°
orbit number at epoch: 56512

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

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