Cosmos 1242 - 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 12154U 81008A   13136.80527913  .00030420  00000-0  50448-3 0  3244
2 12154 081.1584 234.5163 0004891 232.5087 274.4378 15.51967188773053
Epoch (UTC): 16 May 2013 19:19:36
Eccentricity: 0.0004891
inclination: 81.1584°
perigee height: 407 km
apogee height: 414 km
right ascension of ascending node: 234.5163°
argument of perigee: 232.5087°
revolutions per day: 15.51967188
mean anomaly at epoch: 274.4378°
orbit number at epoch: 77305

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

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