RAAN Drift
Nodal precession
The existing 3D view shows how J2 precession rotates the orbit plane's node line about Earth.
Inclination
98.00 deg
Altitude
700 km
Annual node motion
351.79 deg/yr
Orbit period
98.77 min
RAAN rate
0.96317 deg/day
1.9457e-7 rad/s · eastward
Orbital period
98.77 min
Mean two-body period
Semi-major axis
7,078.1 km
Earth radius plus altitude
Semi-latus rectum
7,078.13 km
Orbit geometry used by the J2 model
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