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   13142.58274557  .00018507  00000-0  25986-3 0  3300
2 25063 034.9585 204.0579 0001146 251.9350 223.9064 15.55763715883815
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 13:59:09
Eccentricity: 0.0001146
inclination: 34.9585°
perigee height: 399 km
apogee height: 401 km
right ascension of ascending node: 204.0579°
argument of perigee: 251.9350°
revolutions per day: 15.55763715
mean anomaly at epoch: 223.9064°
orbit number at epoch: 88381

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

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