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DIRECTV 12 - 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 36131U          26145.00781574 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00007
2 36131   0.0128  97.4502 0000327 275.2792 129.9570  1.00269038    02
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2026 00:11:15
Eccentricity: 0.0000327
inclination: 0.0128°
perigee height: 35786 km
apogee height: 35789 km
right ascension of ascending node: 97.4502°
argument of perigee: 275.2792°
revolutions per day: 1.00269038
mean anomaly at epoch: 129.9570°

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

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