Cosmos 1844 - 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 17973U 87041A   13141.19583119  .00000320  00000-0  19336-3 0  4708
2 17973 070.8982 169.1919 0031670 201.4697 220.7158 14.13859389342819
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 04:41:59
Eccentricity: 0.0031670
inclination: 70.8982°
perigee height: 823 km
apogee height: 869 km
right ascension of ascending node: 169.1919°
argument of perigee: 201.4697°
revolutions per day: 14.13859389
mean anomaly at epoch: 220.7158°
orbit number at epoch: 34281

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

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