Cosmos 1626 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 15495U 85009B   13143.14720376  .00000365  00000-0  41920-4 0  4661
2 15495 082.5236 138.6680 0020693 185.6944 227.7691 14.82895443529661
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 03:31:58
Eccentricity: 0.0020693
inclination: 82.5236°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 634 km
right ascension of ascending node: 138.6680°
argument of perigee: 185.6944°
revolutions per day: 14.82895443
mean anomaly at epoch: 227.7691°
orbit number at epoch: 52966

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

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