Cosmos 1726 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 16496U 86006B   13143.60645635  .00000420  00000-0  48581-4 0  2510
2 16496 082.5244 320.5427 0018076 290.3806 136.3019 14.83102640477073
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 14:33:17
Eccentricity: 0.0018076
inclination: 82.5244°
perigee height: 607 km
apogee height: 632 km
right ascension of ascending node: 320.5427°
argument of perigee: 290.3806°
revolutions per day: 14.83102640
mean anomaly at epoch: 136.3019°
orbit number at epoch: 47707

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

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