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   13168.51940097  .00007481  00000-0  16852-3 0  8271
2 12072 081.1942 050.8890 0018060 197.3900 162.6727 15.42926396789689
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 12:27:56
Eccentricity: 0.0018060
inclination: 81.1942°
perigee height: 425 km
apogee height: 450 km
right ascension of ascending node: 50.8890°
argument of perigee: 197.3900°
revolutions per day: 15.42926396
mean anomaly at epoch: 162.6727°
orbit number at epoch: 78968

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

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