NORAD 38771
METOP-B
Time
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Position
- Latitude
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Speed
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From your location
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- Right ascension
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 38771
- International designator
- 2012-049A
- Launch date
- Sep 17, 2012
- Launch site
- TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 465.9875 MHz · BPSK465.9875 MHz · BPSK PMT-A31,544.500 MHz · BPSK
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1,701.300 MHz · AHRPT2,230.000 MHz · CW7,800.000 MHz · FM - Beacon
- 2,230.000 MHz · CW
- Mode
- AHRPT, BPSK, BPSK PMT-A3, CW, FM
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerARGOS-3
Transmitter · BPSK
- Downlink
- 465.9875 MHz
- CTCSS
- -
- Baud
- 400
ARGOS-3 A-DCS 465.9875MHz
Transmitter · BPSK PMT-A3
- Downlink
- 465.9875 MHz
- CTCSS
- -
- Baud
- 800
SARSAT L-Band
Transmitter · Mobile · BPSK
- Downlink
- 1,544.500 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 2,400
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-18 14:00:47 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
About METOP-B
METOP-B is a satellite from EUME, launched on Sep 17, 2012 from Tyuratam Missile and Space Complex.
It circles Earth every 101 minutes (14.2 times a day), between 819 and 822 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.6° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 81° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
MetOp-B · European meteorology satellite
- Operated by
- EUMETSAT
- Built by
- Space Systems
- Mass
- 3,771 kg
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 366 days its lowest point went from 819 km to 819 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.