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   13141.47950924  .00000060  00000-0  23435-4 0  1361
2 25994 098.2078 216.8009 0001253 104.4373 255.6974 14.57092215714022
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 11:30:29
Eccentricity: 0.0001253
inclination: 98.2078°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 216.8009°
argument of perigee: 104.4373°
revolutions per day: 14.57092215
mean anomaly at epoch: 255.6974°
orbit number at epoch: 71402

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

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