Cosmos 1666 - 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 15889U 85058A   13140.38271418  .00003564  00000-0  22500-3 0  8506
2 15889 082.5241 023.2172 0022508 159.7269 320.5266 15.08580151516918
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 09:11:06
Eccentricity: 0.0022508
inclination: 82.5241°
perigee height: 525 km
apogee height: 556 km
right ascension of ascending node: 23.2172°
argument of perigee: 159.7269°
revolutions per day: 15.08580151
mean anomaly at epoch: 320.5266°
orbit number at epoch: 51691

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

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