METEOSAT-10

NORAD 38552 · COSPAR 2012-035B · ACTIVE

Orbit: #5215 @ 35781 x 35794 km x 4.9725 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-24 03:12 UTC Â· 18.4 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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METEOSAT-10 (MSG-3)
1 38552U 12035B 26297.13340345 .00000011 00000-0 00000-0 0 09995
2 38552 4.9725 60.2819 0001554 172.9640 207.6929 1.00268854052154

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

July 5th 2012

Spacecraft age

14 years, 3 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

GEO

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5 ECA

Contractor

Thales Alenia Space

Launch mass

2,000 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

4.9725Â°

Period

1436.14 min

Perigee

35781 km

Apogee

35794 km

Eccentricity

0.0001554

RAAN

60.2819Â°

Arg of Perigee

172.964Â°

Mean Motion

1.00268854 rev/d