Cosmos 1500 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 14373U 83099B   13140.65620793  .00000395  00000-0  45696-4 0  3562
2 14373 082.5413 194.7995 0022283 097.2003 048.8222 14.82727530600219
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 15:44:56
Eccentricity: 0.0022283
inclination: 82.5413°
perigee height: 605 km
apogee height: 636 km
right ascension of ascending node: 194.7995°
argument of perigee: 97.2003°
revolutions per day: 14.82727530
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.8222°
orbit number at epoch: 60021

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

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