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COSMOS 2540 - 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 44517U          26145.59467744 +.00000000 +00000-0 +86452-4 0 00007
2 44517  99.2056 157.5361 0014864 229.0365 130.9505 13.85943392    02
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2026 14:16:20
Eccentricity: 0.0014864
inclination: 99.2056°
perigee height: 932 km
apogee height: 954 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.5361°
argument of perigee: 229.0365°
revolutions per day: 13.85943392
mean anomaly at epoch: 130.9505°

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

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