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   13145.21063941 -.00000137  00000-0 -44057-4 0  8376
2 17974 071.0074 156.0320 0012327 147.0529 284.2609 14.17040421346445
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 05:03:19
Eccentricity: 0.0012327
inclination: 71.0074°
perigee height: 826 km
apogee height: 844 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.0320°
argument of perigee: 147.0529°
revolutions per day: 14.17040421
mean anomaly at epoch: 284.2609°
orbit number at epoch: 34644

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

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