Cosmos 1697 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 16182U 85097B   13143.82891747 -.00000092  00000-0 -22311-4 0    04
2 16182 071.0040 252.8240 0007714 193.7460 312.0779 14.16062196425932
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 19:53:38
Eccentricity: 0.0007714
inclination: 71.0040°
perigee height: 833 km
apogee height: 844 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.8240°
argument of perigee: 193.7460°
revolutions per day: 14.16062196
mean anomaly at epoch: 312.0779°
orbit number at epoch: 42593

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

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