METOP-A

Launch Details
Launched 18 October 2006
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
NORAD ID 29499
COSPAR ID 2006-044A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 98.331°
Eccentricity 0.01802
RA ascending node 18.402 hr
Argument perigee 99.470°
Mean anomaly 11.682°
Orbital period 97.685 min
Epoch of osculation 03 Jul 2025, 14:29

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 528.4 km
Mean Altitude 655.1 km
Peak Altitude 781.7 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

FREGAT R/B

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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