Latitude
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SENTINEL-2A
NORAD 40697 · COSPAR 2015-028A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #59385 @ 788 x 790 km x 98.562 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-04 21:55 UTC · 25.4 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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SENTINEL-2A
1 40697U 15028A 26308.91387510 -.00000234 00000-0 -72746-4 0 09996
2 40697 98.5620 21.7011 0001153 96.0522 264.0792 14.30817247593851
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40697U 15028A 26308.91387510 -.00000234 00000-0 -72746-4 0 09996
2 40697 98.5620 21.7011 0001153 96.0522 264.0792 14.30817247593851
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 23rd 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 4 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Vega
Contractor
Airbus Defense and Space
Launch mass
1,130 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.562°
Period
100.64 min
Perigee
788 km
Apogee
790 km
Eccentricity
0.0001153
RAAN
21.7011°
Arg of Perigee
96.0522°
Mean Motion
14.30817247 rev/d