Helios 1B - 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 25977U 99064A   13168.80611122  .00000460  00000-0  69344-4 0  9774
2 25977 098.2070 234.4401 0000739 040.9011 072.5014 14.79224917727854
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 19:20:48
Eccentricity: 0.0000739
inclination: 98.2070°
perigee height: 631 km
apogee height: 632 km
right ascension of ascending node: 234.4401°
argument of perigee: 40.9011°
revolutions per day: 14.79224917
mean anomaly at epoch: 72.5014°
orbit number at epoch: 72785

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

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