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Location: Cahas Mountain Overlook
(37.0833°N, 80.1000°W)
Time: 03:04:45
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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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00022U          26044.30578426 +.00000000 +00000-0 +63484-3 0 00006
2 00022  50.2476 351.4889 0083319 346.0790  13.7873 15.25832942    01
Epoch (UTC): 13 February 2026 07:20:19
Eccentricity: 0.0083319
inclination: 50.2476°
perigee height: 431 km
apogee height: 545 km
right ascension of ascending node: 351.4889°
argument of perigee: 346.0790°
revolutions per day: 15.25832942
mean anomaly at epoch: 13.7873°

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

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