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DMSP-16 (USA 172) - 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 28054U 03048A   24358.13949649  .00000363  00000-0  21400-3 0  9993
2 28054  99.0199   6.4042 0006562 235.1994 211.9717 14.14234333 92980
Epoch (UTC): 23 December 2024 03:20:52
Eccentricity: 0.0006562
inclination: 99.0199°
perigee height: 840 km
apogee height: 849 km
right ascension of ascending node: 6.4042°
argument of perigee: 235.1994°
revolutions per day: 14.14234333
mean anomaly at epoch: 211.9717°
orbit number at epoch: 9298

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

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