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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 42257U 95015FX  24357.38228788  .00208424  00000-0  13204-1 0  9998
2 42257  98.7349 148.5692 0008878 118.4029 241.8091 15.07877596481411
Epoch (UTC): 22 December 2024 09:10:29
Eccentricity: 0.0008878
inclination: 98.7349°
perigee height: 536 km
apogee height: 549 km
right ascension of ascending node: 148.5692°
argument of perigee: 118.4029°
revolutions per day: 15.07877596
mean anomaly at epoch: 241.8091°
orbit number at epoch: 48141

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

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