Cosmos 1727 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 16511U 86008B   13144.90112051  .00000083  00000-0  70035-4 0  2968
2 16511 082.9462 240.5606 0025717 109.1548 028.2764 13.75719831372185
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 21:37:36
Eccentricity: 0.0025717
inclination: 82.9462°
perigee height: 960 km
apogee height: 998 km
right ascension of ascending node: 240.5606°
argument of perigee: 109.1548°
revolutions per day: 13.75719831
mean anomaly at epoch: 28.2764°
orbit number at epoch: 37218

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

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