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   13145.46238685  .00000470  00000-0  11443-3 0  1480
2 25994 098.2083 220.7272 0001337 105.7790 254.3563 14.57097300714608
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 11:05:50
Eccentricity: 0.0001337
inclination: 98.2083°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 220.7272°
argument of perigee: 105.7790°
revolutions per day: 14.57097300
mean anomaly at epoch: 254.3563°
orbit number at epoch: 71460

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

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