Helios 1B 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 25979U 99064C   13143.07981698  .00003187  00000-0  35623-3 0  5346
2 25979 098.1655 268.5752 0008839 135.6523 224.5402 14.87672104728552
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 01:54:56
Eccentricity: 0.0008839
inclination: 98.1655°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 611 km
right ascension of ascending node: 268.5752°
argument of perigee: 135.6523°
revolutions per day: 14.87672104
mean anomaly at epoch: 224.5402°
orbit number at epoch: 72855

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

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