Cosmos 1503 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 14402U 83103B   13140.46499133  .00000118  00000-0  50125-4 0  4244
2 14402 074.0479 103.0597 0028129 310.2906 198.8334 14.35312428548693
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:09:35
Eccentricity: 0.0028129
inclination: 74.0479°
perigee height: 754 km
apogee height: 794 km
right ascension of ascending node: 103.0597°
argument of perigee: 310.2906°
revolutions per day: 14.35312428
mean anomaly at epoch: 198.8334°
orbit number at epoch: 54869

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

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