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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 42279U 95015GV  24356.55657967  .00033821  00000-0  76586-2 0  9995
2 42279  98.7406  32.0703 0009557 278.0213  81.9899 14.55979842502616
Epoch (UTC): 21 December 2024 13:21:28
Eccentricity: 0.0009557
inclination: 98.7406°
perigee height: 699 km
apogee height: 713 km
right ascension of ascending node: 32.0703°
argument of perigee: 278.0213°
revolutions per day: 14.55979842
mean anomaly at epoch: 81.9899°
orbit number at epoch: 50261

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

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