● ORBIT ING-NOW

METOP-C

NORAD 43689 · COSPAR 2018-087A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #41453 @ 819 x 821 km x 98.7263 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-02 20:57 UTC · 11.3 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// onowactive
METOP-C
1 43689U 18087A 26306.87317170 .00000032 00000-0 34934-4 0 09997
2 43689 98.7263 4.2838 0001370 132.2888 227.8406 14.21482695414533
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
November 6th 2018
Spacecraft age
7 years, 11 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
ESA/EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meterological Satellites)
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1b
Contractor
Airbus Defence and Space
Launch mass
4,084 kg
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
98.7263°
Period
101.3 min
Perigee
819 km
Apogee
821 km
Eccentricity
0.000137
RAAN
4.2838°
Arg of Perigee
132.2888°
Mean Motion
14.21482695 rev/d