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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   24262.28853345  .00048954  00000-0  57213-2 0  9998
2 00085  38.7311 219.9397 0242644 256.6674 100.6927 14.65436877154013
Epoch (UTC): 18 September 2024 06:55:29
Eccentricity: 0.0242644
inclination: 38.7311°
perigee height: 504 km
apogee height: 847 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.9397°
argument of perigee: 256.6674°
revolutions per day: 14.65436877
mean anomaly at epoch: 100.6927°
orbit number at epoch: 15401

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

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