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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 40516U 95015DC  24355.79378376  .00008418  00000-0  32416-2 0  9994
2 40516  98.8218  11.6731 0024893 284.6628  75.1794 14.30385147504575
Epoch (UTC): 20 December 2024 19:03:02
Eccentricity: 0.0024893
inclination: 98.8218°
perigee height: 772 km
apogee height: 808 km
right ascension of ascending node: 11.6731°
argument of perigee: 284.6628°
revolutions per day: 14.30385147
mean anomaly at epoch: 75.1794°
orbit number at epoch: 50457

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

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