Cosmos 1821 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 17526U 87017B   13145.37589979  .00000072  00000-0  57559-4 0  9236
2 17526 082.9048 068.8371 0041405 143.6867 355.8826 13.76625446302181
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 09:01:17
Eccentricity: 0.0041405
inclination: 82.9048°
perigee height: 945 km
apogee height: 1006 km
right ascension of ascending node: 68.8371°
argument of perigee: 143.6867°
revolutions per day: 13.76625446
mean anomaly at epoch: 355.8826°
orbit number at epoch: 30218

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

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