Cosmos 1271 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 12465U 81046B   13141.83635566  .00001814  00000-0  11612-3 0  9762
2 12465 081.2272 287.4313 0034597 242.0104 117.7618 15.07615810742795
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 20:04:21
Eccentricity: 0.0034597
inclination: 81.2272°
perigee height: 519 km
apogee height: 567 km
right ascension of ascending node: 287.4313°
argument of perigee: 242.0104°
revolutions per day: 15.07615810
mean anomaly at epoch: 117.7618°
orbit number at epoch: 74279

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

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