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   13180.48392300  .00000247  00000-0  54820-4 0  2239
2 25994 098.2072 255.2463 0000866 071.7386 288.4515 14.57118104719707
Epoch (UTC): 29 June 2013 11:36:50
Eccentricity: 0.0000866
inclination: 98.2072°
perigee height: 702 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 255.2463°
argument of perigee: 71.7386°
revolutions per day: 14.57118104
mean anomaly at epoch: 288.4515°
orbit number at epoch: 71970

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

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