METOP-A
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MetOp-A, launched in October 2006, is Europe's first polar-orbiting meteorological satellite. Flying in coordination with NOAA's polar fleet, it provides advanced temperature, humidity, wind, and atmospheric chemistry measurements for weather forecasting.
Source: Wikipedia — MetOp (CC BY-SA 4.0)
METOP-A is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 29499 with international designator 06044A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by EADSB, on the Metop platform, with a launch mass of about 4086 kg, with a shape described as Box + Pan. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 770 km and a perigee near 528 km, with an inclination of 98.34° and a period of roughly 97.6 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.41 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, METOP-A's apogee was 770 km, where its speed was about 7.41 km/s, completing about 14.8 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.