▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	9.4026°
Eccentricity	0.0002205
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,797 km
Perigee	35,778 km
Mean motion	1.00268686 rev/day
RAAN	53.9709°
Arg of perigee	0.5129°
Mean anomaly	174.7441°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	719

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 6, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 28912U 05049B 26187.71894763 .00000134 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997

2 28912 9.4026 53.9709 0002205 0.5129 174.7441 1.00268686 7196

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2005-049B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T17:15:17.075+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00268686,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002205,
  "INCLINATION": 9.4026,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 53.9709,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 0.5129,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 174.7441,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 28912,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 719,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000134,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2)
Operator	European Meteorological Satellite OrganizationHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree EUMETSATMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	EUMETSAT
Launch date	Dec 21, 2005HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	2034HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.