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   13144.49217165  .00002240  00000-0  23716-3 0  8817
2 23608 098.3335 340.1158 0020809 091.1890 269.1710 14.90127367966109
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:48:43
Eccentricity: 0.0020809
inclination: 98.3335°
perigee height: 583 km
apogee height: 612 km
right ascension of ascending node: 340.1158°
argument of perigee: 91.1890°
revolutions per day: 14.90127367
mean anomaly at epoch: 269.1710°
orbit number at epoch: 96610

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

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