METOP-B

NORAD 38771 · COSPAR 2012-049A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #73401 @ 820 x 821 km x 98.6318 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-11-10 05:59 UTC Â· 28.8 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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METOP-B
1 38771U 12049A 26314.24932757 .00000125 00000-0 76687-4 0 09993
2 38771 98.6318 2.6981 0001211 290.9171 69.1877 14.21471417734018

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

September 17th 2012

Spacecraft age

14 years, 1 months

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-2.1a

Contractor

EADS Astrium

Launch mass

4,085 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.6318Â°

Period

101.3 min

Perigee

820 km

Apogee

821 km

Eccentricity

0.0001211

RAAN

2.6981Â°

Arg of Perigee

290.9171Â°

Mean Motion

14.21471417 rev/d