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Meteosat 1
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 1 was launched on November 23, 1977 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1977-108ANORAD 10489European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 1
- International designator
- 1977-108A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10489
- GCAT identifier
- S10489
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.375
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteosat
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Meteosat
Launch
- Date
- November 23, 1977 · 01:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1977-108Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,803 km
- Inclination
- 0.22°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 1985
- End of operations
- October 1985
Size
- Mass
- 348 kg
- Dry mass
- 292 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 350 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327609 (CC0).