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Meteosat 4 - 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 19876U          26150.28674521 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00003
2 19876  14.8934 346.4734 0020496 209.1071 142.5738  0.97110538    08
Epoch (UTC): 30 May 2026 06:52:54
Eccentricity: 0.0020496
inclination: 14.8934°
perigee height: 36608 km
apogee height: 36785 km
right ascension of ascending node: 346.4734°
argument of perigee: 209.1071°
revolutions per day: 0.97110538
mean anomaly at epoch: 142.5738°

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

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