Cosmos 2279 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 23093U 94024B   13138.60509689  .00000093  00000-0  77590-4 0  6884
2 23093 082.9454 142.9471 0009486 213.7595 146.2960 13.77576132426202
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 14:31:20
Eccentricity: 0.0009486
inclination: 82.9454°
perigee height: 965 km
apogee height: 979 km
right ascension of ascending node: 142.9471°
argument of perigee: 213.7595°
revolutions per day: 13.77576132
mean anomaly at epoch: 146.2960°
orbit number at epoch: 42620

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

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