METEOSAT 6, 22912
Orbit data source: Space-Track
METEOSAT 6, 22912 is a payload satellite owned by EUMETSAT (DE) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 20 Nov 1993 UTC via an ARIANE 44LP launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
Unknown / EUMERelated business
Manufacturer
Ae/Cannes
Mission
Non-operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
METEOSAT, MAGE 1
Mass
318 kg wet, 278 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + Cyl + 1 Ant, 1.7 m
Radar Cross Section
4.680 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 10 hours ago
0 METEOSAT 6
1 22912U 93073B 25260.83794920 -.00000043 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
2 22912 14.4169 3.2459 0009746 217.6388 166.7439 0.98981450114328Epoch: 2025-09-17T20:06Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-17T20:06:38.81Z)
Latitude
5.90145°
Longitude
88.29299°
Altitude
36,191.599 km
Speed
3.059 km/s
True Right ascension
01h 47m 51s
True Declination
5° 53' 44"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:18:27
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
36,194.663 km
Perigee altitude
36,111.761 km
Semi-major axis
42,531.349 km
Eccentricity
0.00097
Inclination
14.4169°
RAAN
3.2459°
Arg. of periapsis
217.6388°
True anomaly
166.76948°
Mean anomaly
166.7439°
Eccentric anomaly
166.75669°
Mean motion
0.24745 °/min
Orbital period
1,454.87 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #73 in the year 1993 (1993-11-20 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.METEOSAT 6 Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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