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Vela 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 00836U          26155.01697654 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00007
2 00836  52.8642 118.8186 5106413 276.5091   0.6221  0.23915798    04
Epoch (UTC): 04 June 2026 00:24:26
Eccentricity: 0.5106413
inclination: 52.8642°
perigee height: 47272 km
apogee height: 159240 km
right ascension of ascending node: 118.8186°
argument of perigee: 276.5091°
revolutions per day: 0.23915798
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.6221°

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

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