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   13138.72576760  .00000335  00000-0  19003-3 0  8327
2 17974 071.0070 169.6909 0012726 157.6363 322.0915 14.17034397345524
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 17:25:06
Eccentricity: 0.0012726
inclination: 71.0070°
perigee height: 826 km
apogee height: 844 km
right ascension of ascending node: 169.6909°
argument of perigee: 157.6363°
revolutions per day: 14.17034397
mean anomaly at epoch: 322.0915°
orbit number at epoch: 34552

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

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