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(36.8333°N, 80.3417°W)
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Tiros 1 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1   115U 60002D   25140.53572182  .00002778  00000-0  27170-3 0  9994
2   115  48.1623 227.8017 0028535 291.7621  68.0260 14.94941225480488
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2025 12:51:26
Eccentricity: 0.0028535
inclination: 48.1623°
perigee height: 562 km
apogee height: 602 km
right ascension of ascending node: 227.8017°
argument of perigee: 291.7621°
revolutions per day: 14.94941225
mean anomaly at epoch: 68.0260°
orbit number at epoch: 48048

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

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