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Transit 2A - 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 00045U          26159.03624103 +.00000000 +00000-0 +97232-4 0 00001
2 00045  66.6943  24.4056 0246865 167.5362 193.2001 14.35960001    02
Epoch (UTC): 08 June 2026 00:52:11
Eccentricity: 0.0246865
inclination: 66.6943°
perigee height: 595 km
apogee height: 948 km
right ascension of ascending node: 24.4056°
argument of perigee: 167.5362°
revolutions per day: 14.35960001
mean anomaly at epoch: 193.2001°

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

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