Helios 1A 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 23608U 95033D   13168.53081076  .00001110  00000-0  12063-3 0  9031
2 23608 098.3325 005.4516 0019329 016.4133 343.7705 14.90206465969688
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 12:44:22
Eccentricity: 0.0019329
inclination: 98.3325°
perigee height: 584 km
apogee height: 611 km
right ascension of ascending node: 5.4516°
argument of perigee: 16.4133°
revolutions per day: 14.90206465
mean anomaly at epoch: 343.7705°
orbit number at epoch: 96968

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

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