Cosmos 1703 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 16263U 85108B   13168.79281410  .00000206  00000-0  22786-4 0  3699
2 16263 082.5041 043.5890 0022002 114.8989 290.8968 14.82077394487999
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 19:01:39
Eccentricity: 0.0022002
inclination: 82.5041°
perigee height: 607 km
apogee height: 638 km
right ascension of ascending node: 43.5890°
argument of perigee: 114.8989°
revolutions per day: 14.82077394
mean anomaly at epoch: 290.8968°
orbit number at epoch: 48799

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

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