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Tiros 3 despin weight - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00167U          26098.72133321 +.00000000 +00000-0 +60418-4 0 00007
2 00167  47.8473 353.5132 0090087 187.4930 172.4612 14.24142098    05
Epoch (UTC): 08 April 2026 17:18:43
Eccentricity: 0.0090087
inclination: 47.8473°
perigee height: 747 km
apogee height: 876 km
right ascension of ascending node: 353.5132°
argument of perigee: 187.4930°
revolutions per day: 14.24142098
mean anomaly at epoch: 172.4612°

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

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