Cosmos 540 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 06324U 72104B   13140.54624612  .00000212  00000-0  71603-4 0  9747
2 06324 074.0773 343.4961 0008682 150.6638 273.1085 14.42672342120844
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 13:06:35
Eccentricity: 0.0008682
inclination: 74.0773°
perigee height: 743 km
apogee height: 756 km
right ascension of ascending node: 343.4961°
argument of perigee: 150.6638°
revolutions per day: 14.42672342
mean anomaly at epoch: 273.1085°
orbit number at epoch: 12084

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

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