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Cosmos 972 - 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 10539U          26088.07523639 +.00000000 +00000-0 +48133-5 0 00004
2 10539  75.8340 226.9670 0301958  12.9658 347.9022 13.89156260    04
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2026 01:48:20
Eccentricity: 0.0301958
inclination: 75.8340°
perigee height: 711 km
apogee height: 1152 km
right ascension of ascending node: 226.9670°
argument of perigee: 12.9658°
revolutions per day: 13.89156260
mean anomaly at epoch: 347.9022°

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

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