METOP-A

NORAD 29499 · COSPAR 2006-044A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #78430 @ 534 x 811 km x 98.4782 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-11-30 03:00 UTC Â· 42992.2 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

METOP-A
1 29499U 06044A 21334.12566190 .00000431 00000+0 68015-4 0 9991
2 29499 98.4782 7.1680 0195986 272.6379 155.9728 14.66427108784307

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

October 19th 2006

Spacecraft age

20 years

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

ESA/EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meterological Satellites)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Soyuz-Fregat(Soyuz-2)

Contractor

EADS Astrium

Launch mass

4,193 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.4782Â°

Period

98.2 min

Perigee

534 km

Apogee

811 km

Eccentricity

0.0195986

RAAN

7.168Â°

Arg of Perigee

272.6379Â°

Mean Motion

14.66427108 rev/d