Cosmos 1222 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 12072U 80093B   13138.81213254  .00016736  00000-0  38524-3 0  8036
2 12072 081.1935 086.7435 0017107 308.3941 051.5764 15.42341857785107
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 19:29:28
Eccentricity: 0.0017107
inclination: 81.1935°
perigee height: 427 km
apogee height: 451 km
right ascension of ascending node: 86.7435°
argument of perigee: 308.3941°
revolutions per day: 15.42341857
mean anomaly at epoch: 51.5764°
orbit number at epoch: 78510

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

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