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Meteosat 5 - 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 21140U          26150.28908522 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00001
2 21140  14.6609 350.1283 0009674 269.5466  91.4643  0.98453137    09
Epoch (UTC): 30 May 2026 06:56:16
Eccentricity: 0.0009674
inclination: 14.6609°
perigee height: 36263 km
apogee height: 36346 km
right ascension of ascending node: 350.1283°
argument of perigee: 269.5466°
revolutions per day: 0.98453137
mean anomaly at epoch: 91.4643°

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

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