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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    85U 61004C   23337.36490471  .00027401  00000-0  41777-2 0  9998
2    85  38.7504 344.4034 0289661  13.7679 347.0776 14.48811431111719
Epoch (UTC): 03 December 2023 08:45:27
Eccentricity: 0.0289661
inclination: 38.7504°
perigee height: 523 km
apogee height: 935 km
right ascension of ascending node: 344.4034°
argument of perigee: 13.7679°
revolutions per day: 14.48811431
mean anomaly at epoch: 347.0776°
orbit number at epoch: 11171

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

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