Cosmos 1515 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 14552U 83122B   13142.28217322  .00000342  00000-0  39569-4 0  5475
2 14552 082.5259 027.8209 0017753 024.5804 114.6112 14.82495516588804
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 06:46:19
Eccentricity: 0.0017753
inclination: 82.5259°
perigee height: 609 km
apogee height: 634 km
right ascension of ascending node: 27.8209°
argument of perigee: 24.5804°
revolutions per day: 14.82495516
mean anomaly at epoch: 114.6112°
orbit number at epoch: 58880

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

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