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Meteosat 1 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 10489U          26053.81718909 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00004
2 10489   5.3633 282.4389 0010615  82.8851  93.5138  1.00286947    01
Epoch (UTC): 22 February 2026 19:36:45
Eccentricity: 0.0010615
inclination: 5.3633°
perigee height: 35738 km
apogee height: 35827 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.4389°
argument of perigee: 82.8851°
revolutions per day: 1.00286947
mean anomaly at epoch: 93.5138°

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

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