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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          26138.89738405 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00009
2 10489   5.1489 281.5089 0010534  98.5229 201.0803  1.00320336    04
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2026 21:32:13
Eccentricity: 0.0010534
inclination: 5.1489°
perigee height: 35729 km
apogee height: 35817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 281.5089°
argument of perigee: 98.5229°
revolutions per day: 1.00320336
mean anomaly at epoch: 201.0803°

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

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