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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          26099.59772355 +.00000000 +00000-0 +25011-4 0 00003
2 10539  75.8358 209.5177 0302176 347.9572  11.4445 13.89157258    01
Epoch (UTC): 09 April 2026 14:20:43
Eccentricity: 0.0302176
inclination: 75.8358°
perigee height: 711 km
apogee height: 1152 km
right ascension of ascending node: 209.5177°
argument of perigee: 347.9572°
revolutions per day: 13.89157258
mean anomaly at epoch: 11.4445°

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

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