Cosmos 2251 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 22676U 93036B   13144.15256552  .00000180  00000-0  74570-4 0  9477
2 22676 074.0441 016.9177 0018455 045.1575 315.1072 14.33427549 42520
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 03:39:41
Eccentricity: 0.0018455
inclination: 74.0441°
perigee height: 767 km
apogee height: 793 km
right ascension of ascending node: 16.9177°
argument of perigee: 45.1575°
revolutions per day: 14.33427549
mean anomaly at epoch: 315.1072°
orbit number at epoch: 4252

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

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