METOP-B

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METOP-B is classified as:

Search & rescue
Weather

NORAD ID: 38771

Int'l Code: 2012-049A

Perigee: 826.1 km

Apogee: 828.6 km

Inclination: 98.6 °

Period: 101.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7198 km

RCS: 15.473 m² (large)

Launch date: September 17, 2012
Source: European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUME)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

METOP-B is a 9,005-pound (4,085-kg) spacecraft outfitted with eight instruments to survey clouds, winds, moisture, greenhouse gases, and other atmospheric conditions for at least five years.

1 38771U 12049A   24126.87109335  .00000216  00000-0  11828-3 0  9995
2 38771  98.6302 185.0361 0001717 116.4381 243.6973 14.21520514603536

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC