Cosmos 1263 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 12389U 81033B   13141.60672725  .00032152  00000-0  72442-3 0  6670
2 12389 082.8972 116.7258 0296821 051.5341 066.0309 15.08045786650311
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 14:33:41
Eccentricity: 0.0296821
inclination: 82.8972°
perigee height: 337 km
apogee height: 747 km
right ascension of ascending node: 116.7258°
argument of perigee: 51.5341°
revolutions per day: 15.08045786
mean anomaly at epoch: 66.0309°
orbit number at epoch: 65031

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

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