Cosmos 1703 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 16263U 85108B   13140.83945013  .00000381  00000-0  44832-4 0  3454
2 16263 082.5058 069.7703 0020165 202.9702 190.8618 14.82061430483856
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 20:08:48
Eccentricity: 0.0020165
inclination: 82.5058°
perigee height: 609 km
apogee height: 637 km
right ascension of ascending node: 69.7703°
argument of perigee: 202.9702°
revolutions per day: 14.82061430
mean anomaly at epoch: 190.8618°
orbit number at epoch: 48385

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

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