Helios 1B - 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 25977U 99064A   13142.14246767  .00000989  00000-0  14070-3 0  9537
2 25977 098.2082 207.2247 0002384 079.6713 331.9433 14.79176294723913
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 03:25:09
Eccentricity: 0.0002384
inclination: 98.2082°
perigee height: 630 km
apogee height: 633 km
right ascension of ascending node: 207.2247°
argument of perigee: 79.6713°
revolutions per day: 14.79176294
mean anomaly at epoch: 331.9433°
orbit number at epoch: 72391

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

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