Cosmos 2278 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 23088U 94023B   13140.15627285 -.00000271  00000-0 -11647-3 0  6580
2 23088 070.9983 167.0634 0004657 232.2124 184.7449 14.14530851984970
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 03:45:01
Eccentricity: 0.0004657
inclination: 70.9983°
perigee height: 840 km
apogee height: 847 km
right ascension of ascending node: 167.0634°
argument of perigee: 232.2124°
revolutions per day: 14.14530851
mean anomaly at epoch: 184.7449°
orbit number at epoch: 98497

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

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