MetOp-A - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 29499U 06044A   13181.46323769  .00000128  00000-0  58523-4 0   709
2 29499 098.7133 240.9726 0001835 066.5745 293.6230 14.21504574347468
Epoch (UTC): 30 June 2013 11:07:03
Eccentricity: 0.0001835
inclination: 98.7133°
perigee height: 819 km
apogee height: 821 km
right ascension of ascending node: 240.9726°
argument of perigee: 66.5745°
revolutions per day: 14.21504574
mean anomaly at epoch: 293.6230°
orbit number at epoch: 34746

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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