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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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 10521U          26064.63903850 +.00000000 +00000-0 +12224-3 0 00008
2 10521  74.0263 131.0225 0018971  87.4569 272.8759 14.42391139    09
Epoch (UTC): 05 March 2026 15:20:12
Eccentricity: 0.0018971
inclination: 74.0263°
perigee height: 737 km
apogee height: 764 km
right ascension of ascending node: 131.0225°
argument of perigee: 87.4569°
revolutions per day: 14.42391139
mean anomaly at epoch: 272.8759°

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

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