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Last update: 17 June 2013, day: 168
CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-10 (MSG3)
Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date
» MSG3 Orbit State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 00:00:00.000 ( 13.168.00.00.00.000 ) UTC
X-Position: X = -3379.06206573 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = 3.06396507 km/s
Y-Position: Y = -42033.96232373 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = -0.24591004 km/s
Z-Position: Z = 291.49712075 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = 0.05501008 km/s
SRP coefficient: CR = 1.22259
Semi-Major Axis: A = 42167.35777492 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00007639
Inclination: I = 1.09912859 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 244.28574029 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 196.95631434 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 184.16543053 deg
Longitude at epoch: LONG = -0.00982860 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = -0.005559 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = -0.02861 deg/day
Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35785.99961046 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35792.44193938 km
» MSG3 Attitude State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 00:00:00.000 ( 13.168.00.00.00.000 ) UTC
Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 167.23465926 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 89.10762157 deg
Spin Axis Unit X: UX = -0.01518936
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = 0.00344128
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99987871
» MSG3 Physical State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 04:00:00.000 ( 13.168.04.00.00.000 ) UTC
Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.4036141 rpm
Total Mass: MTOT = 1199.90347700 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 57.22817714 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 90.31199988 kg
CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-9 (MSG2)
Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date
» MSG2 Orbit State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 00:00:00.000 ( 13.168.00.00.00.000 ) UTC
X-Position: X = 3456.05446086 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = 3.06374291 km/s
Y-Position: Y = -42029.51525419 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = 0.25220236 km/s
Z-Position: Z = -192.60699073 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = 0.01705878 km/s
SRP coefficient: CR = 1.21974
Semi-Major Axis: A = 42165.54437424 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00018723
Inclination: I = 0.41176068 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 314.15887363 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 103.07762969 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 217.46358218 deg
Longitude at epoch: LONG = 9.28704150 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = 9.299624 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = -0.00467 deg/day
Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35779.51271937 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35795.30202911 km
» MSG2 Attitude State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 00:00:00.000 ( 13.168.00.00.00.000 ) UTC
Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 300.68750012 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 89.510073 deg
Spin Axis Unit X: UX = 0.00436391
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = -0.00735332
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99996344
» MSG2 Physical State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 04:00:00.000 ( 13.168.04.00.00.000 ) UTC
Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.79290102 rpm
Total Mass: MTOT = 1103.77182890 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 18.55678635 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 31.42404263 kg
CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-8 (MSG1)
Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date
» MSG1 Orbit State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 00:00:00.000 ( 13.168.00.00.00.000 ) UTC
X-Position: X = -790.53769955 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = 3.07187858 km/s
Y-Position: Y = -42159.33587775 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = -0.05597652 km/s
Z-Position: Z = -709.93737193 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = -0.10183404 km/s
SRP coefficient: CR = 1.22092
Semi-Major Axis: A = 42165.24614836 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00017972
Inclination: I = 2.12949828 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 62.00303921 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 36.30581898 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 170.63288692 deg
Longitude at epoch: LONG = 3.51199190 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = 3.523767 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = -0.00116 deg/day
Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35779.53121032 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35794.68708640 km
» MSG1 Attitude State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 00:00:00.000 ( 13.168.00.00.00.000 ) UTC
Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 330.4997481 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 87.65950126 deg
Spin Axis Unit X: UX = 0.03554354
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = -0.02010977
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99916578
» MSG1 Physical State:
Epoch: 2013/06/17 04:00:00.000 ( 13.168.04.00.00.000 ) UTC
Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.51884001 rpm
Total Mass: MTOT = 1087.33852020 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 13.16781116 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 20.33570909 kg
CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-7 (MTP1)
Epoch : 13.168.00.00.00.000 UTC
Orbital Elements:
Semi-Major Axis : 42164.42668 km
Eccentricity : 0.00013583
Inclination : 8.43711 deg
RA of Ascending Node : 52.09984 deg
Argument of Perigee : 59.89792 deg
True Anomaly : 211.02978 deg
Longitude : 57.62607 deg
Mean Anomaly : 211.03781 deg
Mean Longitude : 57.62355 deg
Mean Drift Rate : 0.01987 deg/day
Position and Velocity:
X : 33330.04987 km
Y : -25081.63849 km
Z : -6186.43072 km
Xdot : 1.84923 km/s
Ydot : 2.45593 km/s
Zdot : 0.00733 km/s
Tracking Period Start : 13.161.00.09.03.500 UTC
End : 13.168.09.09.15.500 UTC
Spacecraft Attitude:
Right Ascension : 320.507 deg
Declination : 81.668 deg
Spacecraft Status:
Spin Rate : 99.782 rpm
Fuel Mass : 6.825 kg
Coordinate Frame : Mean of Date
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