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This is because we are trying to project a 3-dimensional orbit onto a 2-dimensional surface. All satellites and other space crafts do not orbit the Earth in the equitorial or polar plane. If the orbit is inclined, the projection on a flat map looks like it is a curved line.

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Take a ball and draw a circle around it. Don't draw the circle from top to bottom or left to right. Make the circled inclined. Now, when you look at just one side of the ball, it will appear as if the line is curved.

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