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MetOp-A - 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 29499U 06044A   25133.97308683  .00001494  00000-0  18486-3 0  9993
2 29499  98.3297 223.9886 0178274 260.3305 263.8897 14.73897066966600
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2025 23:21:14
Eccentricity: 0.0178274
inclination: 98.3297°
perigee height: 523 km
apogee height: 774 km
right ascension of ascending node: 223.9886°
argument of perigee: 260.3305°
revolutions per day: 14.73897066
mean anomaly at epoch: 263.8897°
orbit number at epoch: 96660

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

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