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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 40600U 95015EX  24357.53825392  .00011397  00000-0  46217-2 0  9991
2 40600  98.8738  21.5757 0039935 172.9638 187.2110 14.27384170501516
Epoch (UTC): 22 December 2024 12:55:05
Eccentricity: 0.0039935
inclination: 98.8738°
perigee height: 772 km
apogee height: 829 km
right ascension of ascending node: 21.5757°
argument of perigee: 172.9638°
revolutions per day: 14.27384170
mean anomaly at epoch: 187.2110°
orbit number at epoch: 50151

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

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