Cosmos 304 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 04139U 69091B   13142.83578833  .00000490  00000-0  10483-3 0  5918
2 04139 074.0339 071.8677 0005181 190.9976 226.7521 14.61497512311939
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 20:03:32
Eccentricity: 0.0005181
inclination: 74.0339°
perigee height: 684 km
apogee height: 692 km
right ascension of ascending node: 71.8677°
argument of perigee: 190.9976°
revolutions per day: 14.61497512
mean anomaly at epoch: 226.7521°
orbit number at epoch: 31193

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

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