Cosmos 2242 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 22627U 93024B   13168.72381713  .00000139  00000-0  16215-4 0   441
2 22627 082.5219 015.7286 0025017 066.3597 340.1437 14.77350287 86446
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 17:22:17
Eccentricity: 0.0025017
inclination: 82.5219°
perigee height: 620 km
apogee height: 655 km
right ascension of ascending node: 15.7286°
argument of perigee: 66.3597°
revolutions per day: 14.77350287
mean anomaly at epoch: 340.1437°
orbit number at epoch: 8644

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

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