Cosmos 1842 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 17912U 87038B   13140.18315607  .00000398  00000-0  46984-4 0   363
2 17912 082.5028 006.6344 0022147 092.5443 267.8307 14.82034448407117
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 04:23:44
Eccentricity: 0.0022147
inclination: 82.5028°
perigee height: 607 km
apogee height: 638 km
right ascension of ascending node: 6.6344°
argument of perigee: 92.5443°
revolutions per day: 14.82034448
mean anomaly at epoch: 267.8307°
orbit number at epoch: 40711

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

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