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Altair 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00871U          26088.17728015 +.00000000 +00000-0 +10070-3 0 00005
2 00871  79.8946 156.2281 0085576 359.8436   0.2683 14.00657057    09
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2026 04:15:17
Eccentricity: 0.0085576
inclination: 79.8946°
perigee height: 829 km
apogee height: 954 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.2281°
argument of perigee: 359.8436°
revolutions per day: 14.00657057
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.2683°

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

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