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   13139.10592822  .00000257  00000-0  85058-4 0  9731
2 06324 074.0774 346.1626 0008737 153.9794 352.3708 14.42671187120638
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 02:32:32
Eccentricity: 0.0008737
inclination: 74.0774°
perigee height: 743 km
apogee height: 756 km
right ascension of ascending node: 346.1626°
argument of perigee: 153.9794°
revolutions per day: 14.42671187
mean anomaly at epoch: 352.3708°
orbit number at epoch: 12063

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

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