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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   25347.94635943  .00002509  00000-0  29842-3 0  9995
2 29499  98.3297  84.0648 0175309 299.9575 199.5997 14.75030912998135
Epoch (UTC): 13 December 2025 22:42:45
Eccentricity: 0.0175309
inclination: 98.3297°
perigee height: 522 km
apogee height: 768 km
right ascension of ascending node: 84.0648°
argument of perigee: 299.9575°
revolutions per day: 14.75030912
mean anomaly at epoch: 199.5997°
orbit number at epoch: 99813

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

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