Cosmos 1459 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 14059U 83042B   13141.41025532  .00000101  00000-0  83614-4 0  1392
2 14059 082.9728 086.0378 0043979 124.0342 024.2854 13.78380092510784
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 09:50:46
Eccentricity: 0.0043979
inclination: 82.9728°
perigee height: 937 km
apogee height: 1002 km
right ascension of ascending node: 86.0378°
argument of perigee: 124.0342°
revolutions per day: 13.78380092
mean anomaly at epoch: 24.2854°
orbit number at epoch: 51078

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

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