Cosmos 1727 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 16511U 86008B   13138.41375951  .00000029  00000-0  13595-4 0  2932
2 16511 082.9464 245.3689 0025640 126.4174 299.8985 13.75719164371294
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 09:55:48
Eccentricity: 0.0025640
inclination: 82.9464°
perigee height: 960 km
apogee height: 998 km
right ascension of ascending node: 245.3689°
argument of perigee: 126.4174°
revolutions per day: 13.75719164
mean anomaly at epoch: 299.8985°
orbit number at epoch: 37129

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

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