Cosmos 1844 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 17974U 87041B   13140.19109073  .00000205  00000-0  12567-3 0  8335
2 17974 071.0071 166.6045 0012623 155.2819 237.2946 14.17036558345734
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 04:35:10
Eccentricity: 0.0012623
inclination: 71.0071°
perigee height: 826 km
apogee height: 844 km
right ascension of ascending node: 166.6045°
argument of perigee: 155.2819°
revolutions per day: 14.17036558
mean anomaly at epoch: 237.2946°
orbit number at epoch: 34573

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

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