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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   24258.34713509  .00002344  00000-0  58799-3 0  9999
2 00045  66.6929 254.1685 0259300 266.9313  90.2092 14.34928522288065
Epoch (UTC): 14 September 2024 08:19:52
Eccentricity: 0.0259300
inclination: 66.6929°
perigee height: 590 km
apogee height: 961 km
right ascension of ascending node: 254.1685°
argument of perigee: 266.9313°
revolutions per day: 14.34928522
mean anomaly at epoch: 90.2092°
orbit number at epoch: 28806

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

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