Cosmos 1703 - 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 16262U 85108A   13143.10044457  .00002296  00000-0  16758-3 0  1706
2 16262 082.4953 261.5380 0012574 000.0216 000.1008 15.03185369495001
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 02:24:38
Eccentricity: 0.0012574
inclination: 82.4953°
perigee height: 548 km
apogee height: 566 km
right ascension of ascending node: 261.5380°
argument of perigee: 0.0216°
revolutions per day: 15.03185369
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.1008°
orbit number at epoch: 49500

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

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