Cosmos 1626 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 15495U 85009B   13139.52087681  .00000403  00000-0  46683-4 0  4634
2 15495 082.5233 142.0602 0020366 197.5454 309.0124 14.82893138529121
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:30:03
Eccentricity: 0.0020366
inclination: 82.5233°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 634 km
right ascension of ascending node: 142.0602°
argument of perigee: 197.5454°
revolutions per day: 14.82893138
mean anomaly at epoch: 309.0124°
orbit number at epoch: 52912

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

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