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DMSP B5D2-2 - 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 14506U 83113A   24358.05613920  .00000666  00000-0  27790-3 0  9996
2 14506  98.3493 152.3650 0011443  34.5237  75.5915 14.29315542138463
Epoch (UTC): 23 December 2024 01:20:50
Eccentricity: 0.0011443
inclination: 98.3493°
perigee height: 786 km
apogee height: 802 km
right ascension of ascending node: 152.3650°
argument of perigee: 34.5237°
revolutions per day: 14.29315542
mean anomaly at epoch: 75.5915°
orbit number at epoch: 13846

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

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