Cosmos 1980 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 19650U 88102B   13138.87147081  .00000221  00000-0  13714-3 0    76
2 19650 071.0009 268.4767 0016277 288.4207 216.8196 14.15611050265071
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 20:54:55
Eccentricity: 0.0016277
inclination: 71.0009°
perigee height: 828 km
apogee height: 852 km
right ascension of ascending node: 268.4767°
argument of perigee: 288.4207°
revolutions per day: 14.15611050
mean anomaly at epoch: 216.8196°
orbit number at epoch: 26507

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

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