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   13142.86734535  .00000094  00000-0  81604-4 0  2953
2 16511 082.9464 242.0679 0025708 114.5328 036.1255 13.75719242371908
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 20:48:58
Eccentricity: 0.0025708
inclination: 82.9464°
perigee height: 960 km
apogee height: 998 km
right ascension of ascending node: 242.0679°
argument of perigee: 114.5328°
revolutions per day: 13.75719242
mean anomaly at epoch: 36.1255°
orbit number at epoch: 37190

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

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