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USA 81 - 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 21949U          26138.16670719 +.00000000 +00000-0 +35396-4 0 00005
2 21949  85.0062  91.3320 0002232 108.8258 251.3177 14.32388742    05
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2026 04:00:03
Eccentricity: 0.0002232
inclination: 85.0062°
perigee height: 782 km
apogee height: 785 km
right ascension of ascending node: 91.3320°
argument of perigee: 108.8258°
revolutions per day: 14.32388742
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.3177°

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

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