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Cosmos 494 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 06059U          26088.12149154 +.00000000 +00000-0 +62056-4 0 00007
2 06059  74.0546 228.7865 0009929  20.3807 339.7740 14.36511749    09
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2026 02:54:56
Eccentricity: 0.0009929
inclination: 74.0546°
perigee height: 763 km
apogee height: 777 km
right ascension of ascending node: 228.7865°
argument of perigee: 20.3807°
revolutions per day: 14.36511749
mean anomaly at epoch: 339.7740°

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

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