Cosmos 1666 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 15890U 85058B   13144.77447475  .00000362  00000-0  41995-4 0  3466
2 15890 082.5272 208.9833 0022625 075.0834 064.6236 14.82419286504919
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 18:35:14
Eccentricity: 0.0022625
inclination: 82.5272°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 637 km
right ascension of ascending node: 208.9833°
argument of perigee: 75.0834°
revolutions per day: 14.82419286
mean anomaly at epoch: 64.6236°
orbit number at epoch: 50491

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

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