Cosmos 1656 - 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 15755U 85042A   13145.50569918  .00000088  00000-0  62938-4 0  4970
2 15755 071.1129 248.7470 0036015 199.2473 160.7295 14.20228081450027
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 12:08:12
Eccentricity: 0.0036015
inclination: 71.1129°
perigee height: 798 km
apogee height: 850 km
right ascension of ascending node: 248.7470°
argument of perigee: 199.2473°
revolutions per day: 14.20228081
mean anomaly at epoch: 160.7295°
orbit number at epoch: 45002

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

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