Cosmos 1743 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 16720U 86034B   13139.70468096  .00000377  00000-0  43966-4 0  1333
2 16720 082.5543 189.3869 0019422 336.4618 172.2538 14.82406802458514
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 16:54:44
Eccentricity: 0.0019422
inclination: 82.5543°
perigee height: 608 km
apogee height: 635 km
right ascension of ascending node: 189.3869°
argument of perigee: 336.4618°
revolutions per day: 14.82406802
mean anomaly at epoch: 172.2538°
orbit number at epoch: 45851

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

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