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Meteosat 2 - 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 12544U          26150.78448123 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00000
2 12544  10.3013 319.4829 0029170  17.8971 174.2911  0.98726727    07
Epoch (UTC): 30 May 2026 18:49:39
Eccentricity: 0.0029170
inclination: 10.3013°
perigee height: 36101 km
apogee height: 36350 km
right ascension of ascending node: 319.4829°
argument of perigee: 17.8971°
revolutions per day: 0.98726727
mean anomaly at epoch: 174.2911°

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

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