Cosmos 1606 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 15370U 84111B   13143.61038567  .00000391  00000-0  45406-4 0  5249
2 15370 082.5158 319.4019 0019848 269.4380 158.4229 14.82739782543965
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 14:38:57
Eccentricity: 0.0019848
inclination: 82.5158°
perigee height: 607 km
apogee height: 634 km
right ascension of ascending node: 319.4019°
argument of perigee: 269.4380°
revolutions per day: 14.82739782
mean anomaly at epoch: 158.4229°
orbit number at epoch: 54396

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

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