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Explorer 7 - 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    22U 59009A   25198.69084528  .00009640  00000-0  41285-3 0  9996
2    22  50.2742 302.5640 0090609 225.0689 134.2893 15.19729104504280
Epoch (UTC): 17 July 2025 16:34:49
Eccentricity: 0.0090609
inclination: 50.2742°
perigee height: 444 km
apogee height: 569 km
right ascension of ascending node: 302.5640°
argument of perigee: 225.0689°
revolutions per day: 15.19729104
mean anomaly at epoch: 134.2893°
orbit number at epoch: 50428

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

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