▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.6634°
Eccentricity	0.0002193
Period	101.3 min
Apogee	822 km
Perigee	819 km
Mean motion	14.21517519 rev/day
RAAN	247.3666°
Arg of perigee	104.1105°
Mean anomaly	256.0316°
B*	5.2843e-5
Rev at epoch	39,766

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 43689U 18087A 26188.12841957 .00000072 00000-0 52843-4 0 9991

2 43689 98.6634 247.3666 0002193 104.1105 256.0316 14.21517519397669

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "METOP-C",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2018-087A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:04:55.451+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.21517519,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002193,
  "INCLINATION": 98.6634,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 247.3666,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 104.1105,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 256.0316,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 43689,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 39766,
  "BSTAR": 0.000052843,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 7.2e-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.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	METOP-C
Operator	European Meteorological Satellite OrganizationHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree EUMETSATMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	EUMETSAT
Launch date	Nov 7, 2018HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4086HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims9

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

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

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/43689

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