Cosmos 1242 - 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 12154U 81008A   13168.17440469  .00013762  00000-0  21766-3 0  3509
2 12154 081.1560 195.9235 0006356 134.7300 288.7917 15.53293320777925
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 04:11:08
Eccentricity: 0.0006356
inclination: 81.1560°
perigee height: 403 km
apogee height: 411 km
right ascension of ascending node: 195.9235°
argument of perigee: 134.7300°
revolutions per day: 15.53293320
mean anomaly at epoch: 288.7917°
orbit number at epoch: 77792

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

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