Cosmos 1222 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 12072U 80093B   13141.14765130  .00013435  00000-0  30855-3 0  8055
2 12072 081.1940 083.9258 0017004 299.5001 060.4546 15.42409227785461
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 03:32:37
Eccentricity: 0.0017004
inclination: 81.1940°
perigee height: 427 km
apogee height: 450 km
right ascension of ascending node: 83.9258°
argument of perigee: 299.5001°
revolutions per day: 15.42409227
mean anomaly at epoch: 60.4546°
orbit number at epoch: 78546

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

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