Cosmos 1242 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 12155U 81008B   13140.80666828  .00004133  00000-0  19262-3 0  1631
2 12155 081.1701 022.9232 0039098 359.8447 000.2764 15.18961659765494
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 19:21:36
Eccentricity: 0.0039098
inclination: 81.1701°
perigee height: 482 km
apogee height: 536 km
right ascension of ascending node: 22.9232°
argument of perigee: 359.8447°
revolutions per day: 15.18961659
mean anomaly at epoch: 0.2764°
orbit number at epoch: 76549

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

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