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   13138.49280110  .00036559  00000-0  82481-3 0  6642
2 12389 082.8988 119.6081 0297728 062.3229 081.7134 15.07843228649848
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:49:38
Eccentricity: 0.0297728
inclination: 82.8988°
perigee height: 337 km
apogee height: 749 km
right ascension of ascending node: 119.6081°
argument of perigee: 62.3229°
revolutions per day: 15.07843228
mean anomaly at epoch: 81.7134°
orbit number at epoch: 64984

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

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