Cosmos 1626 - 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 15494U 85009A   13138.13505031  .00005385  00000-0  31607-3 0  2870
2 15494 082.4820 290.9682 0002930 175.1974 235.8553 15.11546754542587
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 03:14:28
Eccentricity: 0.0002930
inclination: 82.4820°
perigee height: 529 km
apogee height: 533 km
right ascension of ascending node: 290.9682°
argument of perigee: 175.1974°
revolutions per day: 15.11546754
mean anomaly at epoch: 235.8553°
orbit number at epoch: 54258

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

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