Cosmos 1782 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 16987U 86074B   13137.90705112  .00000483  00000-0  57578-4 0   437
2 16987 082.5171 266.2743 0019985 129.6064 018.0213 14.82069407437502
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 21:46:09
Eccentricity: 0.0019985
inclination: 82.5171°
perigee height: 609 km
apogee height: 637 km
right ascension of ascending node: 266.2743°
argument of perigee: 129.6064°
revolutions per day: 14.82069407
mean anomaly at epoch: 18.0213°
orbit number at epoch: 43750

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

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