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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 40491U 95015CE  24356.55762656  .00014988  00000-0  40631-2 0  9996
2 40491  98.5917  29.9195 0023322 343.3137  16.7285 14.47563502511441
Epoch (UTC): 21 December 2024 13:22:58
Eccentricity: 0.0023322
inclination: 98.5917°
perigee height: 717 km
apogee height: 750 km
right ascension of ascending node: 29.9195°
argument of perigee: 343.3137°
revolutions per day: 14.47563502
mean anomaly at epoch: 16.7285°
orbit number at epoch: 51144

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

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