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deb Explorer IX - 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 00085U 61004C   25125.94948765  .00651259  00000-0  10175-1 0  9994
2 00085  38.6286 339.3938 0047379 217.4608 142.2872 15.49493407188429
Epoch (UTC): 05 May 2025 22:47:15
Eccentricity: 0.0047379
inclination: 38.6286°
perigee height: 386 km
apogee height: 450 km
right ascension of ascending node: 339.3938°
argument of perigee: 217.4608°
revolutions per day: 15.49493407
mean anomaly at epoch: 142.2872°
orbit number at epoch: 18842

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

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