Cosmos 1697 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 16182U 85097B   13138.51619212 -.00000270  00000-0 -11246-3 0  9965
2 16182 071.0046 263.9977 0007954 202.1676 228.3678 14.16065391425182
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:23:19
Eccentricity: 0.0007954
inclination: 71.0046°
perigee height: 833 km
apogee height: 844 km
right ascension of ascending node: 263.9977°
argument of perigee: 202.1676°
revolutions per day: 14.16065391
mean anomaly at epoch: 228.3678°
orbit number at epoch: 42518

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

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