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METOP-A
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NORAD 29499SatNOGSOrbit
Orbital data
Catalog facts
- Name
- METOP-A
- NORAD ID
- 29499
- Category
- SatNOGS
- TLE epoch
- Aug 11, 2026, 13:37 UTC
- Object ID
- 2006-044A
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner
- European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
- Launch site
- Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
- Launch date
- 2006-10-19
- Operational status
- Nonoperational
- Orbit type
- Orbit
- Orbit center
- Earth
Orbital parameters
Orbit profile
Inclination98.3364°
Eccentricity0.0172
Mean motion14.7609 rev/day
Orbital period97.6 min
Perigee520.7 km
Apogee762.6 km
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