TRMM - 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 25063U 97074A   13170.59986881  .00019995  00000-0  27602-3 0  3525
2 25063 034.9595 018.7271 0001760 269.3991 090.7045 15.56133877888186
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 14:23:48
Eccentricity: 0.0001760
inclination: 34.9595°
perigee height: 397 km
apogee height: 400 km
right ascension of ascending node: 18.7271°
argument of perigee: 269.3991°
revolutions per day: 15.56133877
mean anomaly at epoch: 90.7045°
orbit number at epoch: 88818

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

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