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(38.9356°N, 78.4524°W)
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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00045U 60007A   25138.74849288  .00000570  00000-0  16795-3 0  9994
2 00045  66.6941 323.1707 0242349  86.9793 275.9009 14.35532981323429
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2025 17:57:49
Eccentricity: 0.0242349
inclination: 66.6941°
perigee height: 600 km
apogee height: 946 km
right ascension of ascending node: 323.1707°
argument of perigee: 86.9793°
revolutions per day: 14.35532981
mean anomaly at epoch: 275.9009°
orbit number at epoch: 32342

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

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