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DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB - 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 40508U 95015CU  24355.71779373  .00005716  00000-0  28357-2 0  9996
2 40508  99.0361 354.5436 0048737 228.2572 131.4430 14.16936756500744
Epoch (UTC): 20 December 2024 17:13:37
Eccentricity: 0.0048737
inclination: 99.0361°
perigee height: 800 km
apogee height: 871 km
right ascension of ascending node: 354.5436°
argument of perigee: 228.2572°
revolutions per day: 14.16936756
mean anomaly at epoch: 131.4430°
orbit number at epoch: 50074

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

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