Cosmos 1666 - 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 15889U 85058A   13168.49356097  .00001173  00000-0  72360-4 0  8712
2 15889 082.5201 355.8322 0024143 072.6952 345.9120 15.08717355521154
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 11:50:43
Eccentricity: 0.0024143
inclination: 82.5201°
perigee height: 523 km
apogee height: 557 km
right ascension of ascending node: 355.8322°
argument of perigee: 72.6952°
revolutions per day: 15.08717355
mean anomaly at epoch: 345.9120°
orbit number at epoch: 52115

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

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