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(32.7431°N, 97.3695°W)
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Transit 4A - 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 00116U          26022.07694878 +.00000000 +00000-0 +14830-3 0 00001
2 00116  66.8079 248.3513 0073968  10.5440 349.7169 13.92301427    00
Epoch (UTC): 22 January 2026 01:50:48
Eccentricity: 0.0073968
inclination: 66.8079°
perigee height: 867 km
apogee height: 975 km
right ascension of ascending node: 248.3513°
argument of perigee: 10.5440°
revolutions per day: 13.92301427
mean anomaly at epoch: 349.7169°

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

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