Cosmos 2242 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 22627U 93024B   13143.20191501  .00000359  00000-0  47106-4 0   246
2 22627 082.5243 039.4015 0025032 144.8555 328.1864 14.77339382 82684
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 04:50:45
Eccentricity: 0.0025032
inclination: 82.5243°
perigee height: 620 km
apogee height: 655 km
right ascension of ascending node: 39.4015°
argument of perigee: 144.8555°
revolutions per day: 14.77339382
mean anomaly at epoch: 328.1864°
orbit number at epoch: 8268

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

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