Cosmos 1844 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 17974U 87041B   13144.14979458 -.00000101  00000-0 -26562-4 0  8367
2 17974 071.0074 158.2664 0012382 148.8090 272.3913 14.17040082346295
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 03:35:42
Eccentricity: 0.0012382
inclination: 71.0074°
perigee height: 826 km
apogee height: 844 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.2664°
argument of perigee: 148.8090°
revolutions per day: 14.17040082
mean anomaly at epoch: 272.3913°
orbit number at epoch: 34629

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

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