Meteor 2-15 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 17291U 87001B   13137.86253522  .00000073  00000-0  52241-4 0  8227
2 17291 082.4669 338.9688 0010002 261.1078 220.4776 13.84518873332307
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 20:42:03
Eccentricity: 0.0010002
inclination: 82.4669°
perigee height: 940 km
apogee height: 955 km
right ascension of ascending node: 338.9688°
argument of perigee: 261.1078°
revolutions per day: 13.84518873
mean anomaly at epoch: 220.4776°
orbit number at epoch: 33230

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

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