Helios 1A 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 23608U 95033D   13140.79893061  .00003138  00000-0  32976-3 0  8782
2 23608 098.3340 336.2238 0020793 102.6468 257.7075 14.90101805965555
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 19:10:27
Eccentricity: 0.0020793
inclination: 98.3340°
perigee height: 583 km
apogee height: 612 km
right ascension of ascending node: 336.2238°
argument of perigee: 102.6468°
revolutions per day: 14.90101805
mean anomaly at epoch: 257.7075°
orbit number at epoch: 96555

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

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