Cosmos 1703 Rocket - 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 16263U 85108B   13141.85656227  .00000355  00000-0  41637-4 0  3465
2 16263 082.5059 068.8179 0020238 199.6554 217.5532 14.82062096484001
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 20:33:26
Eccentricity: 0.0020238
inclination: 82.5059°
perigee height: 608 km
apogee height: 637 km
right ascension of ascending node: 68.8179°
argument of perigee: 199.6554°
revolutions per day: 14.82062096
mean anomaly at epoch: 217.5532°
orbit number at epoch: 48400

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

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