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Kosmos-2 - 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 00269U 62009  A 63229.96168589  .02320186 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 01105
2 00269 048.8589 171.1884 0056512 050.1316 310.3546 16.29526092074089
Epoch (UTC): 17 August 1963 23:04:49
Eccentricity: 0.0056512
inclination: 48.8589°
perigee height: 157 km
apogee height: 231 km
right ascension of ascending node: 171.1884°
argument of perigee: 50.1316°
revolutions per day: 16.29526092
mean anomaly at epoch: 310.3546°

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

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