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   13168.18466119  .00001666  00000-0  10616-3 0  9965
2 12465 081.2274 257.3953 0034835 155.5073 204.7816 15.07703709746764
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 04:25:54
Eccentricity: 0.0034835
inclination: 81.2274°
perigee height: 519 km
apogee height: 567 km
right ascension of ascending node: 257.3953°
argument of perigee: 155.5073°
revolutions per day: 15.07703709
mean anomaly at epoch: 204.7816°
orbit number at epoch: 74676

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

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