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   13145.47609994  .00019296  00000-0  26965-3 0  3324
2 25063 034.9574 184.9215 0001052 250.4099 258.5085 15.55886531884265
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 11:25:35
Eccentricity: 0.0001052
inclination: 34.9574°
perigee height: 399 km
apogee height: 400 km
right ascension of ascending node: 184.9215°
argument of perigee: 250.4099°
revolutions per day: 15.55886531
mean anomaly at epoch: 258.5085°
orbit number at epoch: 88426

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

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