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   13140.44945208  .00000131  00000-0  39193-4 0  1330
2 25994 098.2079 215.7859 0001267 101.5407 258.5932 14.57092418713878
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:47:12
Eccentricity: 0.0001267
inclination: 98.2079°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 215.7859°
argument of perigee: 101.5407°
revolutions per day: 14.57092418
mean anomaly at epoch: 258.5932°
orbit number at epoch: 71387

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

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