Terra - 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 25994U 99068A   13140.79280400 -.00000756  00000-0 -15782-3 0  1347
2 25994 098.2080 216.1243 0001317 103.9011 256.2275 14.57090207713920
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 19:01:38
Eccentricity: 0.0001317
inclination: 98.2080°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 216.1243°
argument of perigee: 103.9011°
revolutions per day: 14.57090207
mean anomaly at epoch: 256.2275°
orbit number at epoch: 71392

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

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