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NOAA 18 - 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 28654U 05018A   24284.53546278  .00000898  00000-0  50107-3 0  9990
2 28654  98.8661   0.5055 0015230  96.7931 263.4974 14.13365965999461
Epoch (UTC): 10 October 2024 12:51:03
Eccentricity: 0.0015230
inclination: 98.8661°
perigee height: 837 km
apogee height: 859 km
right ascension of ascending node: 0.5055°
argument of perigee: 96.7931°
revolutions per day: 14.13365965
mean anomaly at epoch: 263.4974°
orbit number at epoch: 99946

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

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