Cosmos 540 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 06324U 72104B   13168.78785444  .00000073  00000-0  29865-4 0  9977
2 06324 074.0786 291.2149 0008272 083.9250 077.0653 14.42682379124914
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 18:54:30
Eccentricity: 0.0008272
inclination: 74.0786°
perigee height: 744 km
apogee height: 755 km
right ascension of ascending node: 291.2149°
argument of perigee: 83.9250°
revolutions per day: 14.42682379
mean anomaly at epoch: 77.0653°
orbit number at epoch: 12491

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

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