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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          26106.72896648 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00000
2 10489   5.2304 281.8682 0010915  92.5640 109.5223  1.00306767    07
Epoch (UTC): 16 April 2026 17:29:42
Eccentricity: 0.0010915
inclination: 5.2304°
perigee height: 35731 km
apogee height: 35823 km
right ascension of ascending node: 281.8682°
argument of perigee: 92.5640°
revolutions per day: 1.00306767
mean anomaly at epoch: 109.5223°

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

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