Weather
NORAD ID: 38771
Int'l Code: 2012-049A
Perigee: 826.3 km
Apogee: 828.6 km
Inclination: 98.7 °
Period: 101.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7198 km
Launch date: September 17, 2012
Source: European Organization for the Exploitation of Mete (EUME)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38771U 12049A 13145.81482218 .00000089 00000-0 60755-4 0 2155
2 38771 098.7044 206.4750 0001564 206.8650 153.2446 14.21486199 35533
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for METOP-B
