Cosmos 1656 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 15772U 85042D   13139.54083336 -.00000067  00000-0 -88262-5 0  1022
2 15772 071.1097 238.2289 0036168 202.0255 242.6607 14.20908832449824
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:58:48
Eccentricity: 0.0036168
inclination: 71.1097°
perigee height: 796 km
apogee height: 848 km
right ascension of ascending node: 238.2289°
argument of perigee: 202.0255°
revolutions per day: 14.20908832
mean anomaly at epoch: 242.6607°
orbit number at epoch: 44982

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

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