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The reference frame for the orbit is True-of-Date for the MSG satellites and Mean-of-Date for Meteosat-7 as indicated in the details below.

Last update: 13/1/2020, day: 13

CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-11 (MSG4)

Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date

MSG4 Orbit State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

X-Position: X = -15922.9177924 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = -2.8468706 km/s
Y-Position: Y = 39040.4997411 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = -1.1612636 km/s
Z-Position: Z = -358.5287804 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = -0.0192173 km/s

SRP coefficient: CR = 1.30784

Semi-Major Axis: A = 42164.6168349 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00001100
Inclination: I = 0.6046591 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 238.5073829 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 185.8401154 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 47.84243 deg

Longitude at epoch: LONG = 0.24362700 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = 0.241090 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = 0.02673 deg/day

Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35786.01602411 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35786.94364569 km

MSG4 Attitude State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 121.1485344 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 88.9748144 deg

Spin Axis Unit X: UX = -0.00925474
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = 0.01531242
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99983993

MSG4 Physical State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 04:00:00.000 ( 20.013.04.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.5230485 rpm

Total Mass: MTOT = 1174.32551300 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 39.90458250 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 72.91263040 kg

CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-10 (MSG3)

Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date

MSG3 Orbit State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

X-Position: X = -22101.0706101 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = -2.618246 km/s
Y-Position: Y = 35899.8354476 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = -1.6119175 km/s
Z-Position: Z = 631.3687674 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = -0.0312587 km/s

SRP coefficient: CR = 1.29635

Semi-Major Axis: A = 42164.4618583 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00017230
Inclination: I = 1.0370024 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 357.4480138 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 196.338685 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 287.8267024 deg

Longitude at epoch: LONG = 9.67298300 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = 9.686312 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = 0.03356 deg/day

Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35779.05992152 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35793.58979508 km

MSG3 Attitude State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 287.0734956 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 89.1853377 deg

Spin Axis Unit X: UX = 0.00417440
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = -0.01359146
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99989892

MSG3 Physical State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 04:00:00.000 ( 20.013.04.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.8346525 rpm

Total Mass: MTOT = 1100.35008900 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 19.22925890 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 28.75753010 kg

CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-9 (MSG2)

Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date

MSG2 Orbit State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

X-Position: X = -17918.1798284 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = -2.7755662 km/s
Y-Position: Y = 38105.8977429 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = -1.3139322 km/s
Z-Position: Z = 2126.9610875 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = 0.1571554 km/s

SRP coefficient: CR = 1.28476

Semi-Major Axis: A = 42166.0918985 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00009460
Inclination: I = 4.1181416 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 70.6318184 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 50.2785894 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 354.3475245 deg

Longitude at epoch: LONG = 3.23909800 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = 3.308148 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = 0.00997 deg/day

Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35783.96598621 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35791.94381079 km

MSG2 Attitude State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 341.8782164 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 85.7588864 deg

Spin Axis Unit X: UX = 0.07028553
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = -0.02300243
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99726167

MSG2 Physical State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 04:00:00.000 ( 20.013.04.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.5296424 rpm

Total Mass: MTOT = 1089.40740600 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 13.03789410 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 22.57851270 kg

CURRENT ORBIT DETAILS FOR METEOSAT-8 (MSG1)

Coordinate Frame: Earth-centred, True of date

MSG1 Orbit State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

X-Position: X = -37511.64981 km, X-Velocity: XDOT = -1.3754875 km/s
Y-Position: Y = 18677.3329779 km, Y-Velocity: YDOT = -2.7491397 km/s
Z-Position: Z = 4699.3988313 km, Z-Velocity: ZDOT = -0.0523909 km/s

SRP coefficient: CR = 1.27517

Semi-Major Axis: A = 42165.0103113 km
Eccentricity: E = 0.00005520
Inclination: I = 6.4734748 deg
Right Asc. of Asc. Node: RAAN = 54.7809661 deg
Argument of Perigee: AOP = 312.6618434 deg
True Anomaly: TA = 146.033198 deg

Longitude at epoch: LONG = 41.58616000 deg
Mean Longitude: MEAN LONG = 41.532087 deg
Mean Drift Rate: MEAN DRIFT = 0.02812 deg/day

Perigee Height at Epoch: HPERI = 35784.54580273 km
Apogee Height at Epoch: HAPO = 35789.20081987 km

MSG1 Attitude State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 00:00:00.000 ( 20.013.00.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Axis Right Asc.: RA = 325.34132 deg
Spin Axis Declination: DEC = 83.49761 deg

Spin Axis Unit X: UX = 0.09314989
Spin Axis Unit Y: UY = -0.06440071
Spin Axis Unit Z: UZ = 0.99356713

MSG1 Physical State

Epoch: 2020/01/13 04:00:00.000 ( 20.013.04.00.00.000 ) UTC

Spin Rate: SPIN = 99.7561234 rpm

Total Mass: MTOT = 1081.98600700 kg
Fuel Mass: MFUEL = 11.09352030 kg
Oxidizer Mass: MOXID = 17.05748760 kg

Comments:
A Meteosat-8 EWSK manoeuvre is planned on 14/01/2020 at 05:12:00 UTC (day 014).
A Meteosat-10 EWSK manoeuvre is planned on 14/01/2020 at 15:28:00 UTC (day 014).

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