METOP-C

NORAD 43689 · COSPAR 2018-087A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #41160 @ 820 x 821 km x 98.7294 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-13 05:58 UTC Â· 19.1 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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METOP-C
1 43689U 18087A 26286.24922868 .00000103 00000-0 66976-4 0 09991
2 43689 98.7294 343.8959 0000640 141.0686 219.0537 14.21478189411602

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 Â· 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

98.7294Â°

Period

101.3 min

Perigee

820 km

Apogee

821 km

Eccentricity

6.4E-5

RAAN

343.8959Â°

Arg of Perigee

141.0686Â°

Mean Motion

14.21478189 rev/d