METOP-B is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by European Meteorological Satellite Organization, launched 2012.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 98.6493° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001128 |
| Period | 101.3 min |
| Apogee | 821 km |
| Perigee | 820 km |
| Mean motion | 14.21444836 rev/day |
| RAAN | 239.2799° |
| Arg of perigee | 304.4796° |
| Mean anomaly | 55.6275° |
| B* | 5.1451e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 71,610 |
1 38771U 12049A 26188.18064225 .00000069 00000-0 51451-4 0 99902 38771 98.6493 239.2799 0001128 304.4796 55.6275 14.21444836716105{
"OBJECT_NAME": "METOP-B",
"OBJECT_ID": "2012-049A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:20:07.49+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.21444836,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001128,
"INCLINATION": 98.6493,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 239.2799,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 304.4796,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 55.6275,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 38771,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 71610,
"BSTAR": 0.000051451,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 6.9e-7,
"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.
| Name | METOP-B |
| Operator | European Meteorological Satellite OrganizationHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | EUMETSAT |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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