Cosmos 968 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 10521U 77119B   13168.30666376  .00000074  00000-0  31813-4 0  7887
2 10521 074.0302 089.5154 0020143 097.7082 048.1399 14.40052318861919
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 07:21:35
Eccentricity: 0.0020143
inclination: 74.0302°
perigee height: 744 km
apogee height: 773 km
right ascension of ascending node: 89.5154°
argument of perigee: 97.7082°
revolutions per day: 14.40052318
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.1399°
orbit number at epoch: 86191

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

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