Cosmos 2278 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 23088U 94023B   13143.19904627 -.00000280  00000-0 -12113-3 0  6607
2 23088 070.9981 160.6783 0004479 227.7219 199.3535 14.14529021985402
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 04:46:37
Eccentricity: 0.0004479
inclination: 70.9981°
perigee height: 840 km
apogee height: 847 km
right ascension of ascending node: 160.6783°
argument of perigee: 227.7219°
revolutions per day: 14.14529021
mean anomaly at epoch: 199.3535°
orbit number at epoch: 98540

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

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