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   13144.17266535  .00001295  00000-0  18191-3 0  9558
2 25977 098.2080 209.2975 0002228 076.4529 339.5235 14.79181710724215
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 04:08:38
Eccentricity: 0.0002228
inclination: 98.2080°
perigee height: 630 km
apogee height: 633 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.2975°
argument of perigee: 76.4529°
revolutions per day: 14.79181710
mean anomaly at epoch: 339.5235°
orbit number at epoch: 72421

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

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