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   13142.98932021  .00032073  00000-0  72287-3 0  6680
2 12389 082.8972 115.4455 0296280 046.7594 012.2806 15.08137990650528
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 23:44:37
Eccentricity: 0.0296280
inclination: 82.8972°
perigee height: 337 km
apogee height: 747 km
right ascension of ascending node: 115.4455°
argument of perigee: 46.7594°
revolutions per day: 15.08137990
mean anomaly at epoch: 12.2806°
orbit number at epoch: 65052

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

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