Cosmos 494 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 06061U 72043B   13140.17893554  .00000206  00000-0  73665-4 0  1520
2 06061 074.0595 049.2003 0020438 196.5613 324.9759 14.39936761143940
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 04:17:40
Eccentricity: 0.0020438
inclination: 74.0595°
perigee height: 744 km
apogee height: 773 km
right ascension of ascending node: 49.2003°
argument of perigee: 196.5613°
revolutions per day: 14.39936761
mean anomaly at epoch: 324.9759°
orbit number at epoch: 14394

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

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