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   13138.21108728  .00000406  00000-0  47436-4 0  3402
2 15890 082.5281 215.1137 0022852 095.3071 319.1910 14.82413540503942
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 05:03:57
Eccentricity: 0.0022852
inclination: 82.5281°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 638 km
right ascension of ascending node: 215.1137°
argument of perigee: 95.3071°
revolutions per day: 14.82413540
mean anomaly at epoch: 319.1910°
orbit number at epoch: 50394

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

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