Cosmos 2278 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 23088U 94023B   13145.54807513 -.00000180  00000-0 -68943-4 0  6628
2 23088 070.9981 155.7489 0004352 224.1505 281.3258 14.14526986985736
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 13:09:13
Eccentricity: 0.0004352
inclination: 70.9981°
perigee height: 841 km
apogee height: 847 km
right ascension of ascending node: 155.7489°
argument of perigee: 224.1505°
revolutions per day: 14.14526986
mean anomaly at epoch: 281.3258°
orbit number at epoch: 98573

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

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