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   13140.52808031  .00022369  00000-0  30741-3 0  3274
2 25063 034.9589 217.6510 0000349 281.4816 184.7439 15.56316198883497
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:40:26
Eccentricity: 0.0000349
inclination: 34.9589°
perigee height: 398 km
apogee height: 398 km
right ascension of ascending node: 217.6510°
argument of perigee: 281.4816°
revolutions per day: 15.56316198
mean anomaly at epoch: 184.7439°
orbit number at epoch: 88349

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

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