Cosmos 1666 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 15890U 85058B   13140.30566931  .00000375  00000-0  43662-4 0  3423
2 15890 082.5278 213.1572 0022834 088.8771 336.8652 14.82415414504259
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 07:20:09
Eccentricity: 0.0022834
inclination: 82.5278°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 637 km
right ascension of ascending node: 213.1572°
argument of perigee: 88.8771°
revolutions per day: 14.82415414
mean anomaly at epoch: 336.8652°
orbit number at epoch: 50425

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

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