Cosmos 1709 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 16369U 85116B   13144.22293691  .00000104  00000-0  90262-4 0  8596
2 16369 082.9390 012.0269 0035896 354.5062 144.7680 13.76624444377653
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 05:21:01
Eccentricity: 0.0035896
inclination: 82.9390°
perigee height: 949 km
apogee height: 1002 km
right ascension of ascending node: 12.0269°
argument of perigee: 354.5062°
revolutions per day: 13.76624444
mean anomaly at epoch: 144.7680°
orbit number at epoch: 37765

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

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