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EXPRESS AM-8 - 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 40895U          26145.08188917 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00009
2 40895   0.0168 288.4386 0000385  18.4396 311.2750  1.00271485    06
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2026 01:57:55
Eccentricity: 0.0000385
inclination: 0.0168°
perigee height: 35785 km
apogee height: 35788 km
right ascension of ascending node: 288.4386°
argument of perigee: 18.4396°
revolutions per day: 1.00271485
mean anomaly at epoch: 311.2750°

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

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