Cosmos 2173 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 21797U 91081B   13167.45272457  .00000048  00000-0  32950-4 0  2830
2 21797 082.9550 067.5548 0037301 221.5423 261.3395 13.77206329 83184
Epoch (UTC): 16 June 2013 10:51:55
Eccentricity: 0.0037301
inclination: 82.9550°
perigee height: 946 km
apogee height: 1001 km
right ascension of ascending node: 67.5548°
argument of perigee: 221.5423°
revolutions per day: 13.77206329
mean anomaly at epoch: 261.3395°
orbit number at epoch: 8318

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

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