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   13140.42705324  .00000148  00000-0  87797-4 0   450
2 29499 098.7159 200.4580 0002057 146.7366 213.3941 14.21494001341636
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:14:57
Eccentricity: 0.0002057
inclination: 98.7159°
perigee height: 819 km
apogee height: 822 km
right ascension of ascending node: 200.4580°
argument of perigee: 146.7366°
revolutions per day: 14.21494001
mean anomaly at epoch: 213.3941°
orbit number at epoch: 34163

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

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