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METEOSAT 12 - 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 54743U          26145.58372844 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00005
2 54743   0.7588  27.0437 0000803   3.8903  62.0893  1.00274816    07
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2026 14:00:34
Eccentricity: 0.0000803
inclination: 0.7588°
perigee height: 35782 km
apogee height: 35789 km
right ascension of ascending node: 27.0437°
argument of perigee: 3.8903°
revolutions per day: 1.00274816
mean anomaly at epoch: 62.0893°

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

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