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Cosmos 968 - 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 10520U          26087.98002576 +.00000000 +00000-0 +58516-4 0 00000
2 10520  74.0275 285.9221 0017648 183.0034 177.1016 14.37067960    05
Epoch (UTC): 28 March 2026 23:31:14
Eccentricity: 0.0017648
inclination: 74.0275°
perigee height: 756 km
apogee height: 781 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.9221°
argument of perigee: 183.0034°
revolutions per day: 14.37067960
mean anomaly at epoch: 177.1016°

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

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