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   13144.82857480  .00002700  00000-0  30270-3 0  5355
2 25979 098.1663 270.3745 0008826 130.8150 229.3832 14.87687202728817
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 19:53:08
Eccentricity: 0.0008826
inclination: 98.1663°
perigee height: 599 km
apogee height: 611 km
right ascension of ascending node: 270.3745°
argument of perigee: 130.8150°
revolutions per day: 14.87687202
mean anomaly at epoch: 229.3832°
orbit number at epoch: 72881

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

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