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Location: Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
(45.6429°N, 1.0859°W)
Time: 09:42:17
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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          26046.13949365 +.00000000 +00000-0 +54674-3 0 00004
2 00022  50.2477 342.4631 0083199 353.4782   6.5088 15.25892644    09
Epoch (UTC): 15 February 2026 03:20:52
Eccentricity: 0.0083199
inclination: 50.2477°
perigee height: 431 km
apogee height: 545 km
right ascension of ascending node: 342.4631°
argument of perigee: 353.4782°
revolutions per day: 15.25892644
mean anomaly at epoch: 6.5088°

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

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