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   13141.85480056  .00013527  00000-0  37223-2 0  7917
2 00085 038.7658 085.8917 0479221 048.6634 315.4328 13.95580826565487
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 20:30:54
Eccentricity: 0.0479221
inclination: 38.7658°
perigee height: 560 km
apogee height: 1258 km
right ascension of ascending node: 85.8917°
argument of perigee: 48.6634°
revolutions per day: 13.95580826
mean anomaly at epoch: 315.4328°
orbit number at epoch: 56548

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

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