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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   23265.38683993  .00055011  00000-0  90423-2 0  9993
2 00085  38.7571   6.5062 0309283 233.6651 123.5181 14.42785532101325
Epoch (UTC): 22 September 2023 09:17:02
Eccentricity: 0.0309283
inclination: 38.7571°
perigee height: 529 km
apogee height: 970 km
right ascension of ascending node: 6.5062°
argument of perigee: 233.6651°
revolutions per day: 14.42785532
mean anomaly at epoch: 123.5181°
orbit number at epoch: 10132

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

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