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   13144.15765263  .00000494  00000-0  11962-3 0  1440
2 25994 098.2085 219.4410 0001287 104.6597 255.4774 14.57096012714410
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 03:47:01
Eccentricity: 0.0001287
inclination: 98.2085°
perigee height: 701 km
apogee height: 703 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.4410°
argument of perigee: 104.6597°
revolutions per day: 14.57096012
mean anomaly at epoch: 255.4774°
orbit number at epoch: 71441

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

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