Cosmos 1263 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 12389U 81033B   13140.48358414  .00033516  00000-0  75535-3 0  6661
2 12389 082.8977 117.7654 0297142 055.4121 088.6722 15.07979559650146
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:36:21
Eccentricity: 0.0297142
inclination: 82.8977°
perigee height: 337 km
apogee height: 748 km
right ascension of ascending node: 117.7654°
argument of perigee: 55.4121°
revolutions per day: 15.07979559
mean anomaly at epoch: 88.6722°
orbit number at epoch: 65014

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

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