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Kosmos-1 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00266U 62008  A 62141.87528190  .02135369 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9993
2 00266 048.9855 317.5610 0119598 042.4543 141.8598 16.04632966010227
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 1962 21:00:24
Eccentricity: 0.0119598
inclination: 48.9855°
perigee height: 182 km
apogee height: 341 km
right ascension of ascending node: 317.5610°
argument of perigee: 42.4543°
revolutions per day: 16.04632966
mean anomaly at epoch: 141.8598°

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

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