Space AtlasMETOP-A
NORAD 29499 · Payload · In orbit since 2006
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 2006-10-19 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Country / operator
- EUME (Europe)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Meteorology
- Mass
- 4,086 kg
- Size
- 6.3 × 3.4 m · 17.6 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 521 × 763 km
- Inclination
- 98.3°
- Period
- 97.4 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0173
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.