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Kosmos-5 - 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 00297U 62020  A 63121.29008793  .03537089 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00782
2 00297 048.9589 079.3998 0096415 071.2055 289.8379 16.24541103049953
Epoch (UTC): 01 May 1963 06:57:43
Eccentricity: 0.0096415
inclination: 48.9589°
perigee height: 144 km
apogee height: 271 km
right ascension of ascending node: 79.3998°
argument of perigee: 71.2055°
revolutions per day: 16.24541103
mean anomaly at epoch: 289.8379°

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

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