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   13144.50161219  .00004976  00000-0  29145-3 0  2929
2 15494 082.4827 284.7040 0003723 156.3022 317.6858 15.11607917543542
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:02:19
Eccentricity: 0.0003723
inclination: 82.4827°
perigee height: 529 km
apogee height: 534 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.7040°
argument of perigee: 156.3022°
revolutions per day: 15.11607917
mean anomaly at epoch: 317.6858°
orbit number at epoch: 54354

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

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