Latitude
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METOP-B
NORAD 38771 · COSPAR 2012-049A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #73117 @ 819 x 822 km x 98.6353 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-21 06:12 UTC · 16 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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METOP-B
1 38771U 12049A 26294.25869216 .00000074 00000-0 53483-4 0 09992
2 38771 98.6353 343.1488 0002097 11.1826 348.9397 14.21466636731171
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 38771U 12049A 26294.25869216 .00000074 00000-0 53483-4 0 09992
2 38771 98.6353 343.1488 0002097 11.1826 348.9397 14.21466636731171
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
September 17th 2012
Spacecraft age
14 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
ESA/EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meterological Satellites)
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1a
Contractor
EADS Astrium
Launch mass
4,085 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.6353°
Period
101.3 min
Perigee
819 km
Apogee
822 km
Eccentricity
0.0002097
RAAN
343.1488°
Arg of Perigee
11.1826°
Mean Motion
14.21466636 rev/d