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   13139.14472036 -.00009607  00000-0 -21274-2 0  1292
2 25994 098.2078 214.4994 0001501 098.6174 261.5260 14.57067189713685
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 03:28:23
Eccentricity: 0.0001501
inclination: 98.2078°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 704 km
right ascension of ascending node: 214.4994°
argument of perigee: 98.6174°
revolutions per day: 14.57067189
mean anomaly at epoch: 261.5260°
orbit number at epoch: 71368

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

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