Cosmos 1626 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 15495U 85009B   13137.49654875  .00000419  00000-0  48602-4 0  4611
2 15495 082.5231 143.9537 0020197 204.2300 302.3057 14.82890454528829
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 11:55:01
Eccentricity: 0.0020197
inclination: 82.5231°
perigee height: 606 km
apogee height: 634 km
right ascension of ascending node: 143.9537°
argument of perigee: 204.2300°
revolutions per day: 14.82890454
mean anomaly at epoch: 302.3057°
orbit number at epoch: 52882

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

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