TRMM - 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 25063U 97074A   13139.43183052  .00026029  00000-0  35817-3 0  3266
2 25063 034.9590 224.9059 0000432 288.6209 145.2934 15.56260798883324
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:21:50
Eccentricity: 0.0000432
inclination: 34.9590°
perigee height: 398 km
apogee height: 399 km
right ascension of ascending node: 224.9059°
argument of perigee: 288.6209°
revolutions per day: 15.56260798
mean anomaly at epoch: 145.2934°
orbit number at epoch: 88332

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

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